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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Hlavní autoři:	Emmanuel Grellety, Michael H. Golden
Médium:	Artigo
Jazyk:	Inglês
Vydáno:	BMC 2018-09-01
Edice:	Nutrition Journal
Témata:	Nutrition Acute malnutrition Severe acute malnutrition SAM Mid-upper-arm circumference MUAC
On-line přístup:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12937-018-0384-4
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