Severely malnourished children with a low weight-for-height have a higher mortality than those with a low mid-upper-arm-circumference: I. Empirical data demonstrates Simpson’s paradox

BACKGROUND: According to WHO childhood severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is diagnosed when the weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) is <−3Z of the WHO(2006) standards, the mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) is < 115 mm, there is nutritional oedema or any combination of these parameters. Recently ther...

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Autores principales: Grellety, Emmanuel, Golden, Michael H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6138885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30217205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12937-018-0384-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6138885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30217205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12937-018-0384-4

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