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Use of mid-upper arm circumference for determining overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents
OBJECTIVE: To assess the use of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) for identification of overweight and overfatness in rural South African children and adolescents. METHODS: Anthropometric data (weight, height, MUAC and % body fat) from a cross-sectional sample of 978 black South African 5–14-year-o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4112423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24890851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2013-305137 |
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author | Craig, E Bland, R Ndirangu, J Reilly, J J |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To assess the use of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) for identification of overweight and overfatness in rural South African children and adolescents. METHODS: Anthropometric data (weight, height, MUAC and % body fat) from a cross-sectional sample of 978 black South African 5–14-year-olds were analysed. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis determined the validity of MUAC as a proxy for determining overweight and overfatness. FINDINGS: Area under the curve (AUC) results were generally high. Boys and girls aged 10–14 years had ROC-AUC for overfatness classed as ‘excellent’, 0.97 and 0.98 respectively. Cut-points in the MUAC distribution which optimised the ROC-AUC for identification of overfatness and obesity were determined for boys and girls aged 5–9 and 10–14 years, and had high sensitivity and specificity. CONCLUSIONS: MUAC may have potential for clinical and surveillance applications as an accurate yet simple and widely available indicator of overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents in resource-poor settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-41124232014-08-01 Use of mid-upper arm circumference for determining overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents Craig, E Bland, R Ndirangu, J Reilly, J J Arch Dis Child Short Research Report OBJECTIVE: To assess the use of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) for identification of overweight and overfatness in rural South African children and adolescents. METHODS: Anthropometric data (weight, height, MUAC and % body fat) from a cross-sectional sample of 978 black South African 5–14-year-olds were analysed. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis determined the validity of MUAC as a proxy for determining overweight and overfatness. FINDINGS: Area under the curve (AUC) results were generally high. Boys and girls aged 10–14 years had ROC-AUC for overfatness classed as ‘excellent’, 0.97 and 0.98 respectively. Cut-points in the MUAC distribution which optimised the ROC-AUC for identification of overfatness and obesity were determined for boys and girls aged 5–9 and 10–14 years, and had high sensitivity and specificity. CONCLUSIONS: MUAC may have potential for clinical and surveillance applications as an accurate yet simple and widely available indicator of overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents in resource-poor settings. BMJ Publishing Group 2014-08 2014-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4112423/ /pubmed/24890851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2013-305137 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Short Research Report Craig, E Bland, R Ndirangu, J Reilly, J J Use of mid-upper arm circumference for determining overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents |
title | Use of mid-upper arm circumference for determining overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents |
title_full | Use of mid-upper arm circumference for determining overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents |
title_fullStr | Use of mid-upper arm circumference for determining overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents |
title_full_unstemmed | Use of mid-upper arm circumference for determining overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents |
title_short | Use of mid-upper arm circumference for determining overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents |
title_sort | use of mid-upper arm circumference for determining overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents |
topic | Short Research Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4112423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24890851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2013-305137 |
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