Midupper Arm Circumference Outperforms Weight-Based Measures of Nutritional Status in Children with Diarrhea [Community and International Nutrition]

Conclusions: MUAC and MUACZ were the most accurate predictors of undernutrition in children with diarrhea. WAZ and WLZ were significantly affected by dehydration status, leading to the misdiagnosis of many patients on arrival with severe underweight and SAM. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02007733.

Source: Journal of Nutrition - July 1, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: Modi, P., Nasrin, S., Hawes, M., Glavis-Bloom, J., Alam, N. H., Hossain, M. I., Levine, A. C. Tags: Community and International Nutrition Source Type: research