Poor Perception of Body Weight Category amongst the Overweight and Obese with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Target for Intervention

Table 3

Survey responses—corresponding BMI calculated from weights perceived to be associated with body weight categories.

		Measured BMI category
		Normal; 𝑛=101	Overweight; 𝑛=124	Obese; 𝑛=48
	What do you think your weight should be to be considered about right (normal)?	22.3 ± 1.8; 𝑛=99	25.11±1.77; 𝑛=123	27.2 ± 2.8; 𝑛=48
BMI (kg/m^2) calculated from perceived weight	What do you think your weight would have to be to be considered overweight?	25.5 ± 2.8; 𝑛=96	28.5 ± 4.1; 𝑛=120	30.5 ± 4.3; 𝑛=47
	What do you think your weight would have to be to be considered very overweight (obese)	29.4 ± 6.5; 𝑛=95	32.9 ± 11.7; 𝑛=120	36.0 ± 6.4; 𝑛=47

Results are expressed as mean ± SD and number of respondents (𝑛) for each item.