Comparison of Mid-Upper-Arm Circumference and Weight-For-Height Z-Score in Identifying Severe Acute Malnutrition among Children Aged 6–59 Months in South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia

Table 4

Agreement between MUAC and WFH in Z-score in identifying SAM children by age and sex, South Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2017/18 (n = 1980).

		SAM (WHZ < −3)	Not SAM (≥−3)	Total
All children
SAM (MUAC <11.5)		167	55	222
Not SAM (MUAC ≥11.5		51	1707	1758
Total		218	1762	1980
			K = 0.729
kap MUAC_Kappa WHZ_Kappa, wgt (w)
Ratings weighted by:
1.0000	0.0000
0.0000	1.0000
Agreement (%)	Expected agreement (%)	Kappa	Std. Err.	Z	Prob > Z
94.65	80.25	0.7290	0.0225	32.44	0.0000