Severely malnourished children with a low weight-for-height have similar mortality to those with a low mid-upper-arm-circumference: II. Systematic literature review …

E Grellety, MH Golden - Nutrition journal, 2018 - Springer
Background The WHO recommended criteria for diagnosis of sever acute malnutrition (SAM)
are weight-for-height/length Z-score (WHZ) of<− 3Z of the WHO 2006 standards, a mid …

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 …

E Grellety, MH Golden - Nutrition journal, 2018 - Springer
Background According to WHO childhood severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is diagnosed
when the weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) is<− 3Z of the WHO 2006 standards, the mid …

Exploring differences between adolescents and adults with perinatal depression—data from the Expanding Care for Perinatal Women With Depression Trial in Nigeria

BD Oladeji, T Bello, L Kola, R Araya, P Zelkowitz… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Depression is common among women in the perinatal period. Although
pregnancy and motherhood among adolescents are global public health issues, little is …

Survival and nutritional status of children with severe acute malnutrition, six months post-discharge from outpatient treatment in Jigawa state, Nigeria

C John, U Diala, R Adah, L Lar, EA Envuladu… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background The Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) for treatment brings the
management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) closer to the community. Many lives have …

Comparison of Mid‐Upper‐Arm Circumference and Weight‐For‐Height Z‐Score in Identifying Severe Acute Malnutrition among Children Aged 6–59 Months in South …

DB Abitew, AW Yalew, AM Bezabih… - Journal of nutrition …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) are identified for admission to outpatient
therapeutic programs using mid‐upper‐arm circumference (MUAC) or weight for height …

Arm circumference for age, arm circumference and weight-for-height z-score for the evaluation of severe acute malnutrition: a retrospective cohort study in eastern …

G Ngaboyeka, G Bisimwa, A Neven, P Mwene-Batu… - BMC public health, 2024 - Springer
Background Little is known about the use of mid-upper arm circumference for age (MUACZ)
for diagnosing of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and its correlation with WHZ (weight-for …

Concordance between estimates of acute malnutrition measured by weight-for-height and by mid-upper arm circumference after age adjustment: population …

E Leidman, A Couture, E Hulland, O Bilukha - BMC nutrition, 2019 - Springer
Background Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and weight-for-height (WHZ) are
commonly used indicators to identify acute malnutrition. However, MUAC and WHZ …

Validity of “Mid-Upper Arm Circumference” as a Parameter to Identify Undernourished Children in Rural Gujarat

BL Chawada, JJ Devaliya, S Kurian - Indian Journal of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: This study was conducted with the primary objective to compare different
anthropometric parameters of children and to validate the usefulness and limitations of …

[PDF][PDF] Validation of MUAC cut‐offs of WHO for diagnosis of acute malnutrition among children under 5 years in Karachi, Pakistan

M Qadri, LA Baig, Z Ahmer, A Asim, SM Aly - Inter J Child Health Nutr, 2022 - academia.edu
Objective: To validate the WHO recommended Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) cut-
offs for acute malnutrition screening in children younger than five in Karachi, Pakistan …

Acute malnutrition associated with MUAC among under-five children in tribal areas, India-A cross-sectional study

S Patra, S Sambharkar, S Harode, K Barde… - Public Health … - cambridge.org
Objective: For the past three decades, India has implemented several nutrition programs to
address malnutrition in the under-fives. To understand the program's impact, this study …