Table 5 |
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Agreement between the BMI categories and the other classification criteria categories expressed as percentage values. The values in bold represent the main diagonal of the agreement matrix. |
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Other classification criteria categories |
Body Mass Index |
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underweight |
normal weight |
overweight |
obese |
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low |
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|
%BF |
25.0 |
3.0 |
- |
- |
|
MS |
25.0 |
10.0 |
- |
- |
|
BFMI |
25.0 |
3.3 |
- |
- |
|
normal |
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|
%BF |
75.0 |
75.8 |
15.8 |
- |
|
MS |
75.0 |
53.3 |
6.7 |
14.3 |
|
WC |
100.0 |
90.9 |
31.6 |
- |
|
BFMI |
75.0 |
66.7 |
6.7 |
- |
|
increased |
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|
%BF |
- |
15.2 |
31.6 |
14.3 |
|
MS |
- |
20.0 |
40.0 |
- |
|
WC |
- |
9.1 |
21.1 |
- |
|
BFMI |
- |
30.0 |
53.3 |
14.3 |
|
high |
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%BF |
- |
6.1 |
52.6 |
85.7 |
|
MS |
- |
16.7 |
53.3 |
85.7 |
|
WC |
- |
- |
47.4 |
100.0 |
|
BFMI |
- |
- |
40.0 |
85.7 |
|
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%BF = total body fat, expressed as percentage body fat; MS = metabolic syndrome risk: %BF related to the risk of developing metabolic syndrome; WC = waist circumference, as an index of abdominal fat; BFMI = Body Fat Mass Index |
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Colombo et al. Nutrition Journal 2008 7:5 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-7-5 |
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