Bartosz Aniśko, Idzi Siatkowski, Małgorzata Wójcik
Body mass composition analysis as a predictor of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents
Frontiers in public health
determine whether insurance status function sufficient proxy socioeconomic status emergency medicine research examining concordance insurance status direct socioeconomic status measures sample pediatric patients conducted crosssectional pilot study patients aged 5 17 years emergency department quaternary care childrens hospital socioeconomic status measured using highest level caregivers education low less bachelors degree high bachelors greater previous year household income low 75000 high 75000 calculated misclassification rate insurance status low public high private using education income reference standards results expressed percentages 95 confidence intervals total 300 patients enrolled median age 11 years 44 female insurance status misclassified 23 95 ci 18 28 14 95 ci 10 19 patients using caregiver education income respectively reference standards insurance status misclassified socioeconomic status 23 pediatric patients measured caregivers education income emergency medicine studies pediatric patients using insurance covariate adjust socioeconomic status may need consider misclassification resulting potential bias findings require confirmation larger diverse samples including adult patients