Inconsistent diagnosis of acute malnutrition by weight-for-height and mid-upper arm circumference: contributors in 16 cross-sectional surveys from South Sudan, the Philippines, Chad, and Bangladesh

BACKGROUND: The two anthropometric indicators of acute malnutrition in children under 5 years, i.e. a Mid-Upper Arm Circumference < 125 mm (MUAC(125)) or a Weight-for-Height Z-score<−2 (WHZ(−2)), correlate poorly. We aimed at assessing the contribution of age, sex, stunting (Height-for-Age HAZ...

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Vydáno v:Nutr J
Hlavní autoři: Roberfroid, Dominique, Huybregts, Lieven, Lachat, Carl, Vrijens, France, Kolsteren, Patrick, Guesdon, Benjamin
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: BioMed Central 2015
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On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4547414/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26303859
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12937-015-0074-4
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