Frequent user
28 Apr 2017, 07:14
Infants under 6 months old are vulnerable to malnutrition……now a step forward to diagnosing them http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/recent.
In this recent publication, we took a step wise approach in investigating predictive and discriminatory value of common anthropometric measures (WFL, LAZ, WAZ & MUAC) to in-patient and post-discharge mortality among infants under 6 months. The paper focuses on answering 3 key questions;
- How best to identify malnutrition by anthropometric measures at a single time point in the under 6 months?
- What is the effect of age on the discriminatory value of anthropometry in under 6 months?
- What MUAC single cut-off could be applied for diagnosis and intervention among under 6 months?
We conclude that MUAC and WAZ are better predictors of mortality than WLZ and hence should be used to diagnose acute malnutrition. A MUAC criteria of <11.0cm was statistically optimal to target infants at the highest risk of death.
We hope you find the read useful and informative.
Martha
Normal user
18 Dec 2018, 10:13
Hello,
I'm interested in reading your article, but the link is not valid anymore (your publication is not "recent"): could you give me more details on the title, authors and where to find it?
Thank you,
Pascale
Frequent user
18 Dec 2018, 10:23
Is this what you are looking for?
Normal user
18 Dec 2018, 15:34
Yeees!
Thank you very much for your rapid answer
pascale