Severely malnourished children with a low weight-for-height have a higher mortality than those with a low mid-upper-arm-circumference: I. Empirical data demonstrates Simpson’s paradox
Abstract Background According to WHO childhood severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is diagnosed when the weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) is <−3Z of the WHO2006 standards, the mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) is < 115 mm, there is nutritional oedema or any combination of these parameters. Recently ther...
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BMC
2018-09-01
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| Col·lecció: | Nutrition Journal |
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| Accés en línia: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12937-018-0384-4 |
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