Research Article
Validity of Palmar Pallor for Diagnosis of Anemia among Children Aged 6–59 Months in North India
Table 1
Validity of doctor and health worker’s classification of palmar pallor against different haemoglobin cutoff levels.
| | Sensitivity % | Specificity % | Accuracy % | ROC (95% CI) |
| HB cutoff for anaemia in grams for validation of doctor’s classification | | | | | <5 | 42.8 | 60.3 | 58.7 | 0.51 (0.31–0.72) | <6 | 43.7 | 60.9 | 57.5 | 0.52 (0.38–0.66) | <7 | 47.1 | 65.2 | 57.5 | 0.56 (0.45–0.67) | <8 | 41.1 | 62.5 | 47.5 | 0.52 (0.39–0.63) | <9 | 40.8 | 66.7 | 43.7 | 0.54 (0.36–0.71) | <10 | 41 | 100 | 42.5 | 0.70 (0.65–0.76) | HB cutoff for anaemia in grams for validation of health workers classification | | | | | <5 | 42.8 | 71.2 | 68.7 | 0.57 (0.36–0.77) | <6 | 31.2 | 70.3 | 62.5 | 0.51 (0.38–0.64) | <7 | 41.2 | 78.3 | 62.5 | 0.59 (0.49–0.70) | <8 | 35.7 | 83.3 | 50.0 | 0.59 (0.49–0.69) | <9 | 32.4 | 88.9 | 38.7 | 0.60 (0.48–0.73) | <10 | 30.8 | 100 | 32.5 | 0.65 (0.60–0.70) |
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