Mid-upper arm circumference as a screening tool for identifying underweight adolescents

BACKGROUND: Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) is a potentially credible alternative method for body mass index (BMI) to assess nutritional status. We aimed to assess the correlation between MUAC and BMI- Z-score and to identify a reliable MUAC cut-off point to detect underweight (BMI- Z-score of &l...

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Autores principales: Musa, Imad R., Omar, Saeed M., AlEed, Ashwaq, Al-Nafeesah, Abdullah, Adam, Ishag
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
Materias:
Nutrition
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10587426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37867488
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1200077

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10587426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37867488
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1200077

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