Quality Assessment of Data on Waist and Hip Circumferences in the WHO MONICA Project

Table 6. Number of observers with zero preference (<30% or>70%) in last digits in waist and hip and proportion of measurements made by these observers by RUA, ages 25-64 (see Section 4.4).
(Observations with observer codes 88 and 99 excluded.)
RUA Survey WAIST HIP
No. of coders
with 0 pref.		 No. of all
coders		 Prop. (%) of meas.
by coders
with 0 pref.		 Total N No. of coders
with 0 pref.		 No. of all
coders		 Prop. (%) of meas.
by coders
with 0 pref.		 Total N
AUS-NEWa Mid
Fin
 8
10
 8
10
 100.0
100.0
 1345
1323
 8
10
 8
10
 100.0
100.0
 1346
1323
AUS-PERb Mid
Fin
 0
4
 3
4
 0.0
100.0
 1636
1475
 1
4
 3
4
 24.8
100.0
 1636
1475
BEL-CHAa Fin 1 1 100.0 669 1 1 100.0 669
BEL-GHEa Fin 2 5 66.2 975 2 5 66.2 975
CAN-HALa Fin 0 2 0.0 561 0 2 0.0 561
CHN-BEIa Mid
Fin
 0
2
 4
2
 0.0
100.0
 1560
1429
 3
2
 4
2
 24.6
100.0
 1558
1429
CZE-CZEa Mid
Fin
 dnc
21
 dnc
34
 dnc
76.4
 dnc
2343
 dnc
22
 dnc
34
 dnc
81.9
 dnc
2343
DEN-GLOa Mid
Fin
 2
2
 2
2
 100.0
100.0
 1476
1619
 2
2
 2
2
 100.0
100.0
 1475
1618
FIN-KUOa Mid
Fin
 6
2
 7
5
 77.8
36.0
 1544
1550
 6
2
 7
5
 77.8
36.0
 1544
1550
FIN-NKAa Mid
Fin
 5
1
 7
4
 76.0
20.7
 2989
1435
 5
0
 7
4
 76.0
0.0
 2988
1435
FIN-TULa Mid
Fin
 3
2
 7
4
 50.7
44.7
 1498
1543
 5
1
 7
4
 76.1
22.8
 1498
1542
FRA-LILa Fin 1 3 44.6 1147 1 3 44.5 1145
FRA-STRa Fin 2 6 37.4 1057 1 6 6.4 1056
FRA-TOUa Mid
Fin
 0
0
 3
2
 0.0
0.0
 581
1174
 0
0
 3
2
 0.0
0.0
 580
1174
GER-AURa Mid
Fin
 dnc
11
 dnc
23
 dnc
42.4
 dnc
2181
 dnc
13
 dnc
23
 dnc
52.9
 dnc
2179
GER-AUUa Mid
Fin
 dnc
13
 dnc
23
 dnc
56.7
 dnc
1684
 dnc
8
 dnc
23
 dnc
32.9
 dnc
1684
GER-COTa Mid dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc
GER-EGEb Fin 4 6 82.3 1153 3 6 54.0 1153
GER-ERFa Mid dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc
GER-HACb Mid dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc
GER-KMSe Mid dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc
RUA Survey WAIST HIP
No. of coders
with 0 pref.		 No. of all
coders		 Prop. (%) of meas.
by coders
with 0 pref.		 Total N No. of coders
with 0 pref.		 No. of all
coders		 Prop. (%) of meas.
by coders
with 0 pref.		 Total N
ICE-ICEa Fin 8 10 51.5 1794 7 10 50.6 1795
ITA-BRIa Mid
Fin
 0
0
 7
5
 0.0
0.0
 1487
1643
 0
0
 7
5
 0.0
0.0
 1488
1643
ITA-FRIa Mid
Fin
 14
4
 14
11
 100.0
4.7
 1764
1766
 14
4
 14
11
 100.0
4.7
 1765
1766
LTU-KAUa Fin 0 1 0.0 1232 1 1 100.0 1231
NEZ-AUCa Fin 6 6 100.0 1471 6 6 100.0 1471
POL-TARa Fin 7 7 100.0 1315 3 7 38.8 1315
POL-WARa Fin 3 3 100.0 1514 3 3 100.0 1514
RUS-MOCa Fin 9 9 100.0 1084 9 9 100.0 1084
RUS-MOIa Fin 9 10 99.8 1325 10 10 100.0 1325
SPA-CATa Mid
Fin
 1
0
 3
4
 0.0
0.0
 2908
3425
 1
0
 3
4
 0.0
0.0
 2908
3425
SWE-GOTa Mid
Fin
 1
1
 1
1
 100.0
100.0
 1547
1607
 1
1
 1
1
 100.0
100.0
 1547
1607
SWE-NSWa Mid
Fin
 1
2
 7
4
 0.3
48.4
 1551
1483
 1
0
 7
4
 0.3
0.0
 1551
1481
SWI-TICa Fin dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc
SWI-VAFa Fin dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc
UNK-BELa Fin 7 12 63.9 1990 9 12 86.3 1987
UNK-GLAa Mid
Fin
 4
4
 8
11
 59.6
45.0
 1476
1793
 4
4
 8
11
 59.6
30.0
 1477
1794
YUG-NOSa Mid
Fin
 1
2
 1
2
 100.0
100.0
 1569
1266
 1
2
 1
2
 100.0
100.0
 1569
1266
RUA Survey WAIST HIP
No. of coders
with 0 pref.		 No. of all
coders		 Prop. (%) of meas.
by coders
with 0 pref.		 Total N No. of coders
with 0 pref.		 No. of all
coders		 Prop. (%) of meas.
by coders
with 0 pref.		 Total N

Key: dnc = data not collected