Validity of self-reported height and weight in 4808 EPIC–Oxford participants

To assess the validity of self-reported height and weight by comparison with measured height and weight in a sample of middle-aged men and women, and to determine the extent of misclassification of body mass index (BMI) arising from differences between self-reported and measured values.

Analysis of self-reported and measured height and weight data from participants in the Oxford cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Oxford). SUBJECTS: Four thousand eight hundred and eight British men and women aged 35-76 years.

Spearman rank correlations between self-reported and measured height, weight and BMI were high (r > 0.9, P