Table 4 Agreement of the various definitions of the metabolic syndrome (kappa) based on N=12 319 children with a complete set of measurements

From: Metabolic syndrome in young children: definitions and results of the IDEFICS study

 

Viner et al.

IDF

IDEFICS monitoring level

IDEFICS action level

 

Kappa

(95% CI)

Kappa

(95% CI)

Kappa

(95% CI)

Kappa

(95% CI)

Cook et al.34

0.34

(0.26–0.41)

0.25

(0.18–0.33)

0.29

(0.25–0.33)

0.35

(0.28–0.41)

Viner et al.35

  

0.18

(0.10–0.26)

0.23

(0.19–0.27)

0.46

(0.39–0.53)

IDF36

    

0.11

(0.08–0.14)

0.19

(0.13–0.25)

IDEFICS monitoring level

      

0.48

(0.44–0.52)

  1. Abbreviations:
  2. CI, confidence interval; IDEFICS, Identification and prevention of Dietary- and lifestyle-induced health Effects in Children and infantS; IDF, International Diabetes Federation.
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