Cargando…
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...
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: | |
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 |
Ejemplares similares
-
Prevalence and associated factors of symptoms of pica among adolescent schoolchildren in northern Sudan: a cross-sectional study
por: Ahmed, Mohamed A., et al.
Publicado: (2023) -
Prevalence of Low Birth Weight and its Association With Anemia in White Nile State, Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Study
por: Elmugabil, Abdelmageed, et al.
Publicado: (2023) -
Maternal Undernutrition and Low Birth Weight in a Tertiary Hospital in Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Study
por: Bilal, Jalal A., et al.
Publicado: (2022) -
Association between Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and Academic Performance among Adolescent Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study
por: Hassan, Ahmed A., et al.
Publicado: (2023) -
Mid-upper arm circumference as a substitute for body mass index in the assessment of nutritional status among adults in eastern Sudan
por: Musa, Imad R., et al.
Publicado: (2022)