Research Article

The Accuracy of Broselow Tape Weight Estimate among Pediatric Population

Table 1

Accuracy of BT for estimation of body weight among participants.

Body weight Mean ± SDAbsolute mean differenceCorrelationCronbach’s Alpha value

Actual weight (kg)0.1980.9150.998<0.001
BT
 20070.3080.9970.953<0.001
 20110.5060.9170.949<0.001

Note: the three paired comparisons between actual weight and BT 2007, actual weight and BT 2011, and BT 2007 and BT 2011 are represented by superscript “a, b, and c.”