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. 2012 Jun;8(2):140–143.

Table 5.

Validity of MUAC using weight for height as gold standard

MUAC Wasting
Total
Positive Negative

  Positive 4 14 18
  Negative 16 285 301
  Total 20 299 319

Sensitivity=20%, Specificity=95.3%, Kappa=16.7% (negligible agreement).