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. 2023 Sep 14;57:62. doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2023057004655

Table 1. Quality indicators of anthropometric data. Children 0-59 months of age. SISVAN, Brazil, 2008-2017.

Indicators 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total of registrations and followed-up children
Total number of children 2,172,824 2,752,361 3,339,585 3,263,701 3,189,390 4,216,064 4,343,156 4,943,025 5,134,115 5,097,377
Total of unique records 3,612,015 5,134,933 5,987,400 6,446,453 6,252,667 7,894,213 7,822,944 9,756,986 10,357,127 10,480,285
Total of duplicate records 1,969,446 2,908,094 2,950,561 2,888,367 2,595,380 2,287,606 2,197,925 2,988,357 3,172,167 3,209,888
Completeness
Coverage of the target population, SUS users (%) 17.7 22.9 28.8 28.6 28.6 38.5 39.9 44.7 45.9 45,4
Coverage of the total population, resident (%) 14.3 18.3 22.5 22.2 21.8 28.9 29.8 33.7 34.9 34,6
Completeness of birth date (%) 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 100 100 100
Completeness of anthropometric measurements (%) 100 99.9 100 100 100 100 100 100 98.8 100
Sex ratio
Sex ratio 1 1 1 1 0.8 0.8 0.9 1 1 1
Age distribution
Dissimilarity Index for age in months (%) 20.4 14.1 12.6 11.9 11.2 10.3 9.7 4.8 1.5 3.8
Preference for height and weight digits
Index of dissimilarity for terminal digits of height (%) 88.8 88 88.2 87.9 87.7 89.7 89.9 89.4 88.3 88.8
Index of dissimilarity for terminal digits of weight (%) 50.2 47 47.6 46.1 44.3 45.3 44.2 42.8 40.1 40.4
Implausible z-score values
Implausible z-scores of H/A (%) 3 3.4 3.8 3.4 3 3.3 3.5 3 2.9 1.9
Implausible z-scores of W/H (%) 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.5 3.3 3.2 3 2.4 2.2
Implausible z-scores of W/A(%) 2.1 1.6 1.9 1.8 1.7 2.5 2.4 2.1 1.2 0.8
Implausible z-scores of BMI/A (%) 3.9 4.1 4.6 4.2 3.9 4.8 4.8 4.2 3.1 2.9
Dispersion of z-score values
Standard Deviation of H/A z-scores 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6
Standard deviation of W/H z-scores 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Standard deviation of W/A z-scores 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
Standard deviation of BMI/A z-scores 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Normality of z-score values
Skewness of H/A z-scores 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Skewness of W/H z-scores 0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0 0
Skewness of W/A z-scores 0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Skewness of BMI/A z-scores -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1
Kurtosis of H/A z-scores 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.5
Kurtosis of W/H z-scores 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7
Kurtosis of W/A z-scores 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1
Kurtosis of BMI/A z-scores 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7

SISVAN: Food and Nutrition Surveillance System; H/A: Height/Age; W/H: Weight/Height; W/A: Weight/Age; BMI/A: Body Mass Index/Age.