Clinical Study
Poor Perception of Body Weight Category amongst the Overweight and Obese with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Target for Intervention
Table 2
Survey responses—measured BMI category versus perceived body weight category.
| | | Measured BMI category | | | Underweight | Normal (37%) | Overweight (45%) | Obese
(18%) |
| | Underweight | 0 (0%) | 21 (21%) | 2 (2%) | 0 (0%) | | Considering your current weight, | About right (normal) | 0 (0%) | 69 (68%) | 47 (38%) | 7 (14.5%) | | how would you classify yourself? | Overweight | 0 (0%) | 11 (11%) | 74 (60%) | 30 (62.5%) | | Very overweight (obese) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 11 (23%) |
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Cases in bold represent numbers (%) of respondents who underestimated their BMI category. , 95% CI 0.231–0.399.
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