Establishing Waist-to-Height Ratio Standards from Criterion-Referenced BMI Using ROC Curves in Low-Income Children

Table 3

Classification agreement using the derived WHtR cut-point and cardiometabolic blood marker recommendations.

	Kappa (95% CI)	value	% of agreement
Total cholesterol	0.14  (0.01, 0.26)	0.015	58.6%
LDL cholesterol	0.04 (−0.07, 0.16)	0.215	53.1%
HDL cholesterol	0.33  (0.20, 0.46)	<0.001	66.5%
Triglycerides	0.22  (0.08, 0.36)	0.001	61.5%
Glucose	0.13  (0.04, 0.21)	0.002	59.1%
Systolic blood pressure	0.34  (0.21, 0.48)	<0.001	66.8%
Diastolic blood pressure	0.26  (0.13, 0.39)	<0.001	64.0%