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)