Table 3 Sensitivity and specificity for weight status by gender
| Sensitivity | Specificity | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |||||||||||||
| % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||||||
| Weight status | ||||||||||||||||
| Underweight | 66.9 | 59.2-74.6 | 76.5 | 68.8-84.2 | 95.0 | 91.5-98.5 | 95.5 | 91.7-99.3 | ||||||||
| Normal weight | 90.7 | 89.1-92.3 | 92.7 | 91.3-94.1 | 73.7 | 71.3-76.1 | 74.5 | 72.1-76.9 | ||||||||
| Overweight | 75.8 | 71.1-80.5 | 73.7 | 68.7-78.7 | 97.0 | 95.1-98.9 | 98.5 | 97.1-99.9 | ||||||||