Arm Circumference as an Index of Protein-Energy Malnutrition in Six- to Eleven-Month Old Rural Tanzanian Children

Yost, David; Pust, Ronald E.

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“…Thirdly, the sensitivity and false negative rate in the age group 12-<24 months were somewhat more acceptable compared to those in children aged 24-60 months, but still were inadequate for use as a screening measure at population level. This is in marked contrast with many studies from Africa and elsewhere, where use of the MUAC is advocated as an easy way to identify children with wasting (Blankhart, 1969;Shakir and Morley, 1974;Morley and Woodland, 1979;van Eijk, 1986;Yost and Pust, 1988;Zondag et al, 1992). For example, in Cameroun the sensitivity of the MUAC at a 125 mm cutoff to identify wasting was reported to be 75%.…”

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Physical growth of children under five years of age in Nchelenge, Zambia: Results from a district survey

Gernaat¹,

Dechering

Voorhoeve

1996

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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This study focuses on the physical growth of children aged 0-60 months in Nchelenge District, northeast Zambia. By means of a two-stage clustered and random sampling method, 193 households were selected. Weight, height, and mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) of children 0-60 months were measured. Underweight, stunting, and wasting were defined as weight for age, height for age, and weight for height (W/H), respectively, < or = 2 z scores below the median of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference population. Among 250 children, prevalence rates of 30% underweight, 69.2% stunting, and 4.4% wasting were found, with the highest rates at age 12- < 24 months. Prevalence of stunting, underweight, and wasting in children aged 0- < 6 months and 6- < 12 months suggested that a substantial proportion of infants were premature and/or small for gestational age. The literature suggests that prematurity and intrauterine growth retardation may be quite common in Africa, and this may have important implications for the interpretation of growth data and under nutrition rates. Use of the MUAC < 125 mm as an indicator of wasting resulted in higher estimates of wasting compared to W/H < or = -2 z scores, and seemed unsuitable as a screening test for wasting in this Zambian population.

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Physical growth of children under five years of age in Nchelenge, Zambia: Results from a district survey

Gernaat¹,

Dechering

Voorhoeve

1996

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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“…ενώ τα κορίτσια στην ίδια ηλικία έχουν τιμή 26,3 εκ. Οι Yust 634 και συν, αναφέρουν ότι η τιμή της περιμέτρου βραχίονα έχει σχέση με τη διατροφή και μπορεί να ληφθεί ως δείκτης καλής ή κακής πρωτεϊνικής θρέψης. Λαμβάνοντας υπόψιν τον δείκτη αυτό, τα παιδιά της στατιστικής εμφανίζουν υπερπρωτεϊνικές προσλήψεις που οδηγούν στην έννοια της παχυσαρκίας.…”

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Mid-arm circumference for detecting malnutrition during infancy

Bhatia¹,

Pooni²,

Singh³

et al. 1999

Indian J Pediatr

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Mid-arm circumference (MAC) has been extensively used at 1-5 years of age as an age-independent indicator of protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). Its role below 12 months of age has not been studied adequately and a search for a clinically reliable cut-off point has not been systematically done. This study was planned to establish the age-independent character of MAC within the 6-12 month age group and identify a cut-off point demonstrating the maximum sensitivity and specificity in detection of PEM. Two hundred and forty malnourished infants [< 80% weight for age (W/A) of 50th percentile of NCHS standard] were included with even distribution into 6 subgroups; 240 healthy infants were taken as controls. MAC within the age of 6-12 months was found to be age independent with an overall increase of 5.1%. By using various cut-off points a value of < or = 12.5 cm of MAC proved to be having maximum sensitivity (92.1%) and specificity (88.3%). MAC is, therefore, a simple, age independent, informative measurement for early assessment of PEM by using single cut-off point < or = 12.5 cm, and can serve as a screening test for targeting infants for meaningful utilization of nutritional programmes. Since nearly all MAC tapes in current use already have < or = 12.5 cm colour coded cut-off, no new tapes are necessary.

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Arm Circumference as an Index of Protein-Energy Malnutrition in Six- to Eleven-Month Old Rural Tanzanian Children

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Physical growth of children under five years of age in Nchelenge, Zambia: Results from a district survey

Physical growth of children under five years of age in Nchelenge, Zambia: Results from a district survey

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