Reliability of routinely collected anthropometric measurements in primary care

Table 4 Differences in intra-observer reliability technical error of measurement (TEM) between TARGet Kids! research assistants and primary care nurses

Practice	Measurement	Research		Routine Care
Practice	Measurement	TEM	df	TEM	df	F-Statistic	p-value
Pediatric Clinic 1	Wt 0–2	0.06	54	0.04	21	2.25	0.022*
	Lt 0–2	0.43	54	0.63	21	2.14	0.013*
	Wt 2–18	0.15	29	0.20	16	0.56	0.913
	Ht 2–18	0.53	29	0.47	16	1.27	0.313
Pediatric Clinic 2	Wt 2–18	0.09	18	0.12	12	0.56	0.869
Pediatric Clinic 2	Ht 2–18	0.34	18	0.46	12	0.55	0.881
Family Medicine Clinic	Wt 0–2	0.02	7	0.02	3	1.00	0.553
	Lt 0–2	0.06	7	0.45	3	56.25	< 0.001*
	Wt 2–18	0.18	5	0.10	4	3.24	0.139
	Ht 2–18	0.21	5	0.38	4	0.31	0.887

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