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Reliability of percentage ideal weight for height
Abstract
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.
- weight for height
- nutritional status
- reliability