Pooled estimates of sensitivity, specificity, AUC and correlation coefficient values for FL, MUAC, CC and HC measurements accuracy to identify LBW or preterm babies
| Anthropometric measurements/indicators | Number of studies for | Total cut-offs | Optimal cut-off (cm) | Diagnostic statistics for optimal cut-off | ||||
| Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | AUC (95% CI) | Corr. Coef. (95% CI) | |||||
| DAT | Corr. | |||||||
| LBW | ||||||||
| FL | 9 | 11 | 13 | 7.3 | 79.6 (70.7 to 90.8) | 85.8 (74.1 to 92.8) | 0.89 (0.70 to 0.96) | 0.66 (0.59 to 0.73) |
| MUAC | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9.8 | 83.4 (71.7 to 90.9) | 87.4 (82.9 to 90.8) | 0.91 (0.73 to 0.97) | 0.71 (0.62 to 0.78) |
| CC | 11 | 9 | 21 | 28.8 | 84.7 (68.4 to 93.4) | 96.8 (92.4 to 98.7) | 0.92 (0.71 to 0.97) | 0.79 (0.70 to 0.85) |
| HC | 9 | 12 | 9 | 33.4 | 85.6 (74.7 to 92.3) | 82.9 (75.8 to 88.3) | 0.91 (0.69 to 0.97) | 0.68 (0.60 to 0.74) |
| Preterm | ||||||||
| FL | 7 | 5 | 15 | 7.2 | 82.0 (59.2 to 93.5) | 89.1 (79.8 to 94.4) | 0.91 (0.69 to 0.98) | 0.66 (0.24 to 0.87) |
| MUAC | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8.8 | 70.0 (17.5 to 96.0) | 91.5 (51.3 to 99.1) | 0.83 (0.47 to 0.95) | -- |
| CC | 3 | 2 | 4 | 30.3 | 78.0 (64.5 to 87.4) | 93.0 (90.4 to 95.0) | 0.88 (0.75 to 0.95) | -- |
AUC, area under curve; CC, chest circumference; FL, foot length; HC, head circumference; LBW, low birth weight; MUAC, mid-upper arm circumference.