MUAC


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MUAC

Mid-upper arm circumference. See Triceps skin fold.
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HCWs' ability to classify MUAC measurements was limited.
Assessing the utilisation of a child health monitoring tool
Table 4 presents results for stunting, wasting, underweight and MUAC of the infants recruited into the study.
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ANAEMIA STATUS AND HAEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATIONS IN INFANTS 6-11 MONTHS IN MBALA DISTRICT, NORTHERN PROVINCE, ZAMBIA
Pearson correlation analysis was performed between MUAC and demographic and anthropometric indices.
Correlation of mid-upper arm circumference with body mass index and waist-hip ratio in haemodialysis patients
To assess the strength of the correlation between MUAC and BMI in pregnant women booking into antenatal care in the Metro West area of Cape Town, SA.
Mid-upper arm circumference: a surrogate for body mass index in pregnant women
Some researchers have shown serious concern about utility of MUAC as screening tool, because of its low sensitivity.
Diagnostic accuracy of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) for detection of severe and moderate acute malnutrition among tribal children in central India
The malnutrition scores on ICU discharge day correlated inversely and significantly with the patients' BMI, MUAC, TSF, MAMC, calf circumference, and dry lean mass on admission day.
Nutritional assessment in critically ill patients
Association of malnutrition with MUAC was computed using Odd Ratio with 95% confidence interval.
MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS IN DISTRICT SANGHAR, SINDH, PAKISTAN
Weight (kg), length (cm), MUAC (cm), and z-scores [underweight or weight-for-age (WAZ), stunting or length-for-age (LAZ), and wasting or weight-for-length (WLZ)] were the dependent variables while socioeconomic status, family characteristics and practices (boiling water, maternal and paternal age, educational status, and native language), and infants' characteristics (gender, age at baseline, vaccination status, and initial feeding practices) were the independent variables.
Impact of maternal education about complementary feeding on their infants' nutritional outcomes in low- and middle-income households: a community-based randomized interventional study in Karachi, Pakistan
He added that the Directorate instructed health centers, shelters, and specialized mobile teams to employ the MUAC nutrition indicator to detect malnutrition cases among targeted children.
Government's efforts to confront child malnutrition under the crisis are in full swing
Although few studies have assessed the degree of pairwise agreement between a number of body composition indices in various age groups [10, 12, 14-16], to the best of our knowledge, no study has investigated the agreement of the all four obesity indices including BMI, WH, TST and MUAC simultaneously.
Agreement analysis among measures of thinness and obesity assessment in Iranian school children and adolescents
The profile for MUAC also showed significant differences between the two groups.
SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CORRELATES OF MOTHERS GIVEN BIRTH TO NORMAL AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES
7 Owned bed net 26 19 MUAC At study inclusion, cm 26 26 At delivery, cm 23.
Plasmodium falciparum mutant haplotype infection during pregnancy associated with reduced birthweight, Tanzania

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