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. 2012 Jan 24;7(1):e30345. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030345

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.