American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 152, Issue 7 609-616, Copyright © 2000 by Oxford University Press
SW Andersson, A Niklasson, L Lapidus, L Hallberg, C Bengtsson and L Hulthen
Data from an ongoing prospective population study of women in Goteborg,
Sweden, were used to assess agreement between self-reported birth weight
and birth weight obtained from original delivery records of women aged
44-60 years. Of the eligible population with traced delivery records (n =
693), only 28% (n = 192) could report their own birth weight. Spearman
correlation between self-reported birth weight and birth weight from
original records was r = 0.76. However, a difference plot, with limits of
agreement at -1,028 to 1,038 g (95% confidence limits: lower limit, -1,157
to -901 g, upper limit, 910 to 1,166 g) revealed poor agreement between
methods. Of the self-reported birth weights, 53% were in error by 250 g or
more, and 31% were positively or negatively discordant by 500 g or more.
Application in an analysis of cardiovascular risk factors in adulthood
found conflicting results between self-reported and recorded birth weights.
Low reporting rate, poor reporting accuracy, and misleading findings in
application led to the conclusion that self-reported birth weights from
middle-aged women would not be a satisfactory replacement for birth weights
from original records.
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Poor agreement between self-reported birth weight and birth weight from original records in adult women
Department of Clinical Nutrition, Goteborg University, Sweden. susan.andersson@nutrition.gu.se
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