Table 5.

Performance of various reference data in identifying malnutrition (stunting and overweight/obese) in Indian children aged 0–59 months (n = 2126).

Parameter	WHO	Indian	Pakistani	Indonesian
Stunting
Sensitivity	98.3	95.8	40.7	93.8
Specificity	79.3	90.6	96.9	83.3
PPV	38	56.8	63	42.1
NPV	99.7	99.4	92.6	99
Obesity
Sensitivity	68.9	86.2	62	65.5
Specificity	99.1	96.7	99.9	99.5
PPV	54	26.8	94.7	67.8
NPV	99.5	99.8	99.4	99.5

Footnote: WHO, World Health Organisation; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.