Evaluation of a new digital pediatric malnutrition risk screening tool for hospitalized children with congenital heart disease

Table 4 Comparison of WHO and ASPEN reference standards

Screening results	WHO	ASPEN
Sensitivity (%)	91.2	62.9
Specificity (%)	87.9	76.2
Positive-predictive value (PPV)%	70.7	38.2
Negative-predictive value (NPV)%	96.9	89.8
Cohen’s Kappa value (p)^a	0.720 (< 0.01)	0.313 (< 0.01)

ASPEN American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
^aA kappa value > 0.6 represents a good level of agreement, < 0.2 is poor agreement

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