Mid upper arm circumference as a predictor of risk of mortality in children in a low resource setting in India

Sunita Taneja, Temsunaro Rongsen-Chandola, Sanjana Brahmawar Mohan, Sarmila Mazumder, Nita Bhandari, Jasmine Kaur, Nikita Arya, Ranadip Chowdhury, Jose Carlos Martines, Rajiv Bahl and M K Bhan

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 6, 1-10

Abstract: Objective: In this secondary analysis of data from an intervention trial, we assessed the performance of Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) as a predictor of mortality in children aged 6–59 months from Delhi, India, one year after their initial MUAC measurements were taken. Additionally, we assessed MUAC as an absolute value and MUAC z-scores as predictors of risk of mortality. Methods: In the trial, children were screened using MUAC prior to referral to the study clinic. These children were revisited a year later to ascertain their vital status. Baseline MUAC and MUAC z-scores were used to categorize children as severely (MUAC

Date: 2018
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