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Table 3 Agreement (Kappa) among anthropometric markers for classifying of obesity

From: Measurement of overweight and obesity an urban slum setting in sub-Saharan Africa: a comparison of four anthropometric indices

 

Male

Female

Both sexes

Agreement

BMI-WC

85.66 %(0.47)

70.66 %(0.44)

78.80 %(k = 0.53)

Moderate agreement

BMI-WHR

52.27 %(0.14)

52.94 %(0.09)

55.30 % (k = 0.14)

Poor agreement

BMI-WHtR

76.09 %(0.39)

69.95 %(0.43)

73.29 % (k = 0.46)

Moderate agreement

WC-WHR

60.40 %(0.21)

68.33 %(0.33)

64.03 %(k = 0.29)

Fair agreement

WC-WHtR

81.17 %(0.52)

90.37 %(0.78)

85.40 % (k = 0.71)

Substantial agreement

WHR-WHtR

67.81 %(0.35)

69.00 %(0.34)

68.36 % (k = 0.37)

Fair agreement