Table 2.
Summary results from the algorithm validation
Algorithm | Prevalence | N | Mean difference Predicted minus observed WHO prevalence (SD) | Percentage of the observed WHO prevalence within the 95% CI of the predicted values (%) |
Underweight | <5% | 9 | 0.2 (0.46) | 100 |
≥5% | 56 | 0.9 (1.62) | 98.2 | |
Total | 65 | 0.8 (1.53) | 98.5 | |
Stunting | <5% | 3 | 0.7 (0.55) | 66.7 |
≥5% | 62 | 0.1 (1.34) | 96.8 | |
Total | 65 | 0.1 (1.32) | 95.4 | |
Wasting | <5% | 36 | 0.4 (0.86) | 88.9 |
≥5% | 29 | 0.2 (1.30) | 96.6 | |
Total | 65 | 0.3 (1.07) | 92.3 | |
Overweight | <5% | 46 | 0.2 (0.74) | 97.8 |
≥5% | 9 | 0.3 (1.36) | 100 | |
Total | 55 | 0.2 (0.85) | 98.2 |