Correction factor for self-measured BMI in Austrians may be too small

Lin Yang^{1

2

3}, Alfred Juan⁴, Jeannette Klimont⁵, Thomas Waldhoer⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
² Preventive Oncology & Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, Vienna, Austria.
⁴ Ministry of Defence, Vienna, Austria.
⁵ Statistics Austria, Vienna, Austria.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, Vienna, Austria. thomas.waldhoer@meduniwien.ac.at.

Lin Yang et al. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;135(7-8):212-213.

doi: 10.1007/s00508-022-02065-4. Epub 2022 Aug 10.

Lin Yang^{1

2

3}, Alfred Juan⁴, Jeannette Klimont⁵, Thomas Waldhoer⁶

¹ Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
² Preventive Oncology & Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, Vienna, Austria.
⁴ Ministry of Defence, Vienna, Austria.
⁵ Statistics Austria, Vienna, Austria.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, Vienna, Austria. thomas.waldhoer@meduniwien.ac.at.

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