Table 4. Inter-anthropometrist reliability for repeated measurements of 89 children, stratified by quartile of measurement.
Estimate (95% Confidence Interval) | ||||
Quartile No. | Quartile Range | No. Subjects | TEM | %TEM, % |
Height | ||||
Quartile 1 | 60.5–77.8 cm | 23 | 1.03 cm (0.73 to 1.33) | 1.45 (1.03 to 1.87) |
Quartile 2 | 77.9–90.6 cm | 23 | 0.61 cm (0.43 to 0.78) | 0.70 (0.50 to 0.90) |
Quartile 3 | 90.7–97.2 cm | 21 | 0.38 cm (0.27 to 0.50) | 0.40 (0.28 to 0.53) |
Quartile 4 | 97.3–116.4 cm | 22 | 0.40 cm (0.28 to 0.52) | 0.39 (0.28 to 0.51) |
Weight | ||||
Quartile 1 | 5.22–9.68 kg | 23 | 0.11 kg (0.08 to 0.14) | 1.34 (0.94 to 1.74) |
Quartile 2 | 9.69–12.30 kg | 22 | 0.10 kg (0.07 to 0.14) | 0.91 (0.64 to 1.19) |
Quartile 3 | 12.31–13.80 kg | 22 | 0.07 kg (0.05 to 0.09) | 0.55 (0.38 to 0.71) |
Quartile 4 | 13.81–19.20 kg | 22 | 0.09 kg (0.07 to 0.12) | 0.59 (0.41 to 0.76) |
MUAC | ||||
Quartile 1 | 12.1–13.5 cm | 24 | 0.22 cm (0.16 to 0.29) | 1.73 (1.24 to 2.22) |
Quartile 2 | 13.6–14.3 cm | 21 | 0.19 cm (0.14 to 0.25) | 1.40 (0.98 to 1.83) |
Quartile 3 | 14.4–14.8 cm | 22 | 0.22 cm (0.15 to 0.28) | 1.49 (1.05 to 1.93) |
Quartile 4 | 14.9–17.0 cm | 22 | 0.23 cm (0.16 to 0.30) | 1.48 (1.04 to 1.92) |
TEM = technical error of measurement; %TEM = relative TEM.