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Table 1 Area under the curve (AUC) for each of the foot length assessment tools

From: Validation of the foot length measure as an alternative tool to identify low birth weight and preterm babies in a low-resource setting like Nepal: a cross-sectional study

 

AUC (%) a

95% CI

Low birth weight (<2000 grams)

  

  Plastic scale

87.8

80.1–95.5

  Tape

83.6

74.5–92.6

  Paper footprint

74.1

64.8–83.4

Preterm (<37 weeks)

  

  Plastic scale

68.3

61.0–75.6

  Tape

68.0

60.8–75.2

  Paper footprint

59.8

51.8–67.7

  1. aAUC was determined using non-parametric receiver operating characteristics analysis.
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BMC Pediatrics

ISSN: 1471-2431

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