Diagnostic performance of midupper arm circumference for detecting severe wasting among infants aged 1-6 months in Ethiopia.
CONCLUSIONS: A MUAC cutoff of ≤112 mm performed well in detecting severe wasting among infants aged 1-6 mo. Further research is needed to evaluate the performance of MUAC for detecting wasting at community level and for predicting mortality among infants aged <6 mo.
PMID: 33184640 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - Category: Nutrition Authors: Jima BR, Hassen HY, Getnet Y, Bahwere P, Gebreyesus SH Tags: Am J Clin Nutr Source Type: research