Table 2 Summary of reliability statistics in international published research.

From: Statistical assessment of reliability of anthropometric measurements in the multi-site South African National Dietary Intake Survey 2022

Study

Setting

Age range

Measurement

Inter-rater

Intra-rater

TEM

%TEM

R or ICC

TEM

%TEM

R or ICC

De Onis [12]

Brazil (WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study)

0–5 years

Length/ height

2.5

–

–

–

–

–

MUAC

1.8

–

–

–

–

–

Li [17]

Alaska, Hawaii, Micronesia (Children’s Healthy Living Programme)

2–8 years

Weight

1.69

–

R = 0.938

0.03

–

–

Height

1.44

–

R = 0.984

0.28

–

–

Waist Circumferencea

2.02

–

R = 0.936

0.32

–

–

De Miguel-Etayo [13]

Germany, Netherlands (ToyBox Study)

4–6 years

Weight

0.07

0.40

R = 0.9990

0.02

0.10

R = 0.9998

Height

0.82

0.71

R = 0.9809

0.12

0.11

R = 0.9993

Waist Circumferencec

0.81

1.52

R = 0.9830

0.49; 0.68

1.08; 1.29

R = 0.9453; 0.9673

Carsley [16]

Canada

0–18 years

Weight 0 ≤ 2 yr

0.06

0.64

R = 0.9992

0.05

0.61

R = 0.9992

Weight 2 ≤ 5 yr

0.10

0.65

R = 0.9985

0.10

0.62

R = 0.9987

Weight 5 ≤ 18 yr

0.17

0.70

R = 0.9991

0.17

0.70

R = 0.9991

Length 0 ≤ 2 yr

0.73

1.03

R = 0.9906

0.46

0.64

R = 0.9963

Height 2 ≤ 5 yr

0.69

0.70

R = 0.9933

0.27

0.27

R = 0.9990

Height 5 ≤ 18 yr

0.45

0.36

R = 0.9983

0.24

0.19

R = 0.9995

Nagy [14]

Spain, Hungary (HELENA study)

Adolescents

MUAC

1.01

–

R = 0.9009

0.13–0.46

–

R = 0.9903–0.9990

Waist Circumferencec

1.69

–

R = 0.9052

0.37–1.75

–

R = 0.9793–0.9997

Androustos [15]

Belgium (Feel4Diabetes study)

Primary school children

Weight

0.06

–

R = 0.9996

0.14

–

R = 0.9976

Height

0.27

–

R = 0.9978

0.27

–

R = 0.9977

Adults

Weight

1.49

–

R = 0.9841

0.18

–

R = 0.9998

Height

0.29

–

R = 0.9982

0.27

–

R = 0.9983

Waist Circumferenceb

2.50

–

R = 0.9556

0.81

–

R = 0.9953

Geeta [29]

Malaysia (National Health and Morbidity Survey 2006)

Adults

Weight

0.45

0.75

ICC = 0.999

0.31

0.53

ICC = 0.999

Height

0.32

0.20

ICC = 0.996

0.32

0.20

ICC = 0.999

Waist Circumferenceb

0.77

0.91

ICC = 0.999

0.44

0.52

ICC = 0.999

Gomez-Cabello [3]

Spain (EXERNET study)

Elderly ≥ 65 years

Height

0.61

 

R = 0.9946

0.02–0.16

0.02–0.13

R = 0.9991–0.9999

Waist Circumferenced

3.09

 

R = 0.9637

0.16–1.01

0.17–1.05

R = 0.9912–0.9999

  1. Superscript numbers refer to the reference list.
  2. aWaist circumference measured at the level of the umbilicus.
  3. bWaist circumference measured at the midpoint between the lowest point of the last rib and highest point of the iliac crest.
  4. cWaist circumference measurement site not specified.
  5. dWaist circumference measured at the narrowest waist between the lowest point of the last rib and highest point of the iliac crest.
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