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. 2023 Oct 13;23:232. doi: 10.1186/s12874-023-02045-w

Table 2.

Summary results on outlier method performance for measurement and trajectories

Sensitivity Specificity Precision Kappa
Min value Experiment with min value Max value Experiment with max value Min value Experiment with min value Max value Experiment with max value Min value Experiment with min value Max value Experiment with max value Min value Experiment with min value Max value Experiment with max value
sBIV 0.2% CTX, Type a, 0.5, zMUAC 99.6% TK, Type b, 5, zWFL 98.8% multiple settings 99.8% multiple settings 2.4% CTX, Type a, 0.5, zWA 98.5% CTX, ALL, 5, zMUAC 0.002894 CTX, Type a, 0.5, zMUAC 0.967156 TK, Type b, 5, zWFL
mBIV 0.06% CTX, Type a, 0.5, zWA 98.4% TK, Type b, 5, zWFL 99.7% multiple settings 99.9% multiple settings 3.5% CTX, Type a, 0.5, zWA 99.5% CTX, ALL, 5, zMUAC 0.000735 CTX, Type a, 0.5, zWA 0.96498 TK, Type b, 5, zWFL
SMOM 5.6% CTX, Type c, 0.5, zWA 99.6% TK, Type b, 5, zWFL 94.9% CTX, Type a, 0.5, zMUAC 99.9% CTX, ALL, 5, zMUAC 2.4% CTX, Type c, 0.5, zWA 99.4% CTX, ALL, 5, zMUAC 0.006147 CTX, Type c, 0.5, zWA 0.930517 TK, Type b, 5, zWFL
MMOM 5.7% CTX, Type c, 0.5, zWA 99.0% CTX, Type a, 5, zWA 95.2% CTX, Type c, 0.5, zWFL 99.8% CTX, ALL, 5, zMUAC 2.4% CTX, Type c, 0.5, zWA 98.7% CTX, ALL, 5, zMUAC 0.005508 CTX, Type c, 0.5, zWA 0.717394 CTX, Type a, 4, zMUAC
COT 25.8% TK, Type a, 0.5, zWFL 99.8% CTX, Type a, 5, zWA 73.8% CTX, Type b, 0.5, zWA 98.9% CTX, ALL, 5, zMUAC 14.9% CTX, Type c, 0.5, zWA 99.1% CTX, ALL, 5, zMUAC -0.00023 CTX, Type c, 0.5, zWA 0.906329 CTX, Type a, 5, zWA
MMOT 2.3% TK, ALL, 4, zWFL 24.9% CTX, Type a, 5, zWA 93.9% TK, Type b, 0.5, zWFL 99.9% TK, ALL, 5, zWFL 13.1% CTX, Type b, 0.5, zWFL 99.8% TK, ALL, 5, zWFL -0.00769 CTX, Type b, 0.5, zWA 0.3212.91 CTX, Type a, 5, zWA

Abbreviations: TARGet Kids! The applied research group for kids, zWFL Weight-for-length z-scores, zWA weight-for-age z-scores, CTX The co-trimoxazole prophylaxis trial, zMUAC mid-upper arm circumference-for-age z-scores, SD Standard deviation, mBIV Modified method for biologically implausible values detection, sBIV Static WHO cut-off values for biologically implausible values detection method, MMOM Multi-model outlier measurement detection method, SMOM Single-model outlier measurement detection method, COT Clustering-based outlier trajectory detection method, MMOT Multi-model outlier trajectory detection method

The "setting" of minimum or maximum values corresponds to a tuple specifying the dataset (CTX or TARGet Kids!), the type of the error, the intensity of the error in SD, and the anthropometric measure