Reliability of percentage ideal weight for height

被引:21
作者
Poustie, VJ
Watling, RM
Ashby, D
Smyth, RL [1 ]
机构
[1] Royal Liverpool Childrens Hosp, Inst Child Hlth, Liverpool L12 2AP, Merseyside, England
[2] Royal Liverpool Childrens Hosp, Dept Nutr & Dietet, Liverpool L12 2AP, Merseyside, England
[3] Univ London St Bartholomews Hosp Med Coll, Wolfson Inst Prevent Med, London EC1M 6BQ, England
关键词
weight for height; nutritional status; reliability;
D O I
10.1136/adc.83.2.183
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
Aims-To assess the reliability of percentage ideal weight for height (%WFH) as a measure in children. Methods-Forty two dietitians calculated %WFH of six children. Eleven of the 42 repeated the calculations. Results-Interexaminer estimates varied by 16.5 to 40 percentage points (mean 27.8). Intraexaminer variability was also large. Conclusions-%WFH is an unreliable measure of nutritional status.
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页码:183 / 184
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