Table 4.
Kappa and McNemar measure of agreement between BMI and Fat percentage categorise for 7–13 year old rural boys
Age groups | Measure of agreement Kappa | McNemar test for significance | |
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Kappa (κ) | SoA | ||
7 year old | -0.26 | Poor | 0.00* |
8 year old | 0.57 | Moderate | 0.00* |
9 year old | 0.14 | Slight | 0.00* |
10 year old | 0.18 | Slight | 0.00* |
11 year old | 0.11 | Slight | 0.00* |
12 year old | 0.22 | Fair | 0.00* |
13 year old | 0.30 | Fair | 0.00* |
SoA Strength of agreement, Kappa Strength of agreement: Poor = < 0.00; Slight = 0.00-0.20; Fair = 0.21–0.40; Moderate = 0.41–0.60; Substantial = 0.61–0.80; Almost perfect = 0.81-1.00
Significance = *p ≤ 0.05