2018年9月15日 · Children with a low WHZ, but a MUAC above the SAM cut-off point are at high risk of death. Simpson's paradox due to confounding from oedema and mathematical coupling …

2018年9月15日 · We conducted a systematic search for reports which examined the relationship of WHZ and MUAC to mortality for children less than 60 months. The WHZ, MUAC, outcome …

The WHZ index allows to assess the adequacy of weight in relation to body height. Individuals with low WHZ are considered wasting, a condition indicative of acute undernutrition. This is …

Low WHZ and low HAZ have a joint effect on WAZ which varies with age and sex (see Fig. ... [...] Background To inform actions at the district level under the National Nutrition Mission (NNM),...

2016年10月21日 · Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is currently defined by the WHO as either a low mid-upper arm circumference (i.e. MUAC <115 mm), a low weight-for-height z-score (i.e. …

2016年2月5日 · World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that either mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) or weight-for-height Z-scores (WHZ) are used to assess acute …

2018年9月15日 · 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-upper …

2014年7月1日 · In contrast, surprisingly low sensitivities (<10%) have been reported for either MUAC<115 mm and WHZ<−3 for predicting death [5], indicating that actually most children at …

2021年6月1日 · First, a range of clinical and biochemical indicators reveal that children with low WHZ alone have deficits in nutritional status, hydration, and iron balance equal to or more …

2018年7月16日 · Low WHZ and low HAZ have a joint effect on WAZ which varies with age and sex. WaSt and “multiple anthropometric deficits” (i.e. being simultaneously wasted, stunted, …