Diagnostic Concordance between Random Upper Arm Circumference and Mid Upper Arm Circumference Measurements among Children Aged 6–59 Months in South Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Degree of agreement (kappa) between the two measurements for detecting acute malnutrition in 6–59-month-old children from Lanfro District, Southern Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 819).

RUAC			Kappa	value
MUAC NCHS cutoff	Sex	Female	0.56	<0.001
		Male	0.54
		Both sexes	0.55
	Age (months)	6–11	0.53
		12–23	0.56
		24–35	0.64
		36–47	0.21
		48–59	0.48
		Combined	0.55
	Nutritional status	SAM	0.38
		MAM	0.47
		GAM	0.55
MUAC WHO cutoff	Sex	Female	0.81	<0.001
		Male	0.80
		Both sexes	0.81
	Age (months)	6–11	0.76
		12–23	0.75
		24–35	0.94
		36–47	0.72
		48–59	0.79
		Combined age group	0.81
	Nutritional status	SAM	0.73
		MAM	0.74
		GAM	0.81