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- 2019
Performance of mid-upper arm circumference to diagnose acute malnutrition in a cross-sectional community-based sample of children aged 6–24 months in NigerDOI: 10.4162/nrp.2019.13.3.247 Keywords: Severe acute malnutrition, anthropometric measures, community screening, diagnosis, Niger Abstract: 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 6–24 months with global (GAM) or severe acute malnutrition (SAM)
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