%0 Journal Article
%T Performance of mid-upper arm circumference to diagnose acute malnutrition in a cross-sectional community-based sample of children aged 6¨C24 months in Niger
%A Anneli Eriksson
%A Joel Mon¨¢rrez-Espino
%A Sarah K Marshall
%J Archive of "Nutrition Research and Practice".
%D 2019
%R 10.4162/nrp.2019.13.3.247
%X Accurate, early identification of acutely malnourished children has the potential to reduce related child morbidity and mortality. The current World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines classify non-oedematous acute malnutrition among children under five using Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) or Weight-for-Height Z-score (WHZ). However, there is ongoing debate regarding the use of current MUAC cut-offs. This study investigates the diagnostic performance of MUAC to identify children aged 6¨C24 months with global (GAM) or severe acute malnutrition (SAM)
%K Severe acute malnutrition
%K anthropometric measures
%K community screening
%K diagnosis
%K Niger
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6548705/