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Infectious Disease

Aga Khan University

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

2021

Infant

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Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Assessment And Comparison With Weight For Length Z-Score In Infants ≤6 Months As An Indicator Of Severe Acute Malnutrition, Mahjabeen Zehra, Ali Faisal Saleem, Zaubina Kazi, Sadia Parkar Sep 2021

Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Assessment And Comparison With Weight For Length Z-Score In Infants ≤6 Months As An Indicator Of Severe Acute Malnutrition, Mahjabeen Zehra, Ali Faisal Saleem, Zaubina Kazi, Sadia Parkar

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

Objective: To assess the frequency of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and to determine the validity of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) as compared to weight for length z-score (WLZ-score) as an indicator of the nutritional status in this age group.
Methods: A cross-sectional study, with a purposive sampling was conducted from March 2018 to November 2018 to enroll 540 infants ≤6 months of age from three different sites in Karachi, Pakistan. The anthropometric measurements (MUAC, length and weight) were taken by experienced community health workers. The data were analyzed using SPSS. MUAC was compared with WLZ-score for sensitivity and specificity to …