Mid upper arm circumference as a predictor of risk of mortality in children in a low resource setting in India

In this secondary analysis of data from an intervention trial, we assessed the performance of Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) as a predictor of mortality in children aged 6-59 months from Delhi, India, one year after their initial MUAC measurements were taken. Additionally, we assessed MUAC as an...

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Published in:PloS one 2018-06, Vol.13 (6), p.e0197832-e0197832
Main Authors: Taneja, Sunita, Rongsen-Chandola, Temsunaro, Mohan, Sanjana Brahmawar, Mazumder, Sarmila, Bhandari, Nita, Kaur, Jasmine, Arya, Nikita, Chowdhury, Ranadip, Martines, Jose Carlos, Bahl, Rajiv, Bhan, M K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arm - anatomy & histology
Arm circumference
Biology and Life Sciences
Body height
Child Mortality
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Data processing
Diagnosis
Edema
Female
Health aspects
Health Resources - supply & distribution
Health screening
Humans
India - epidemiology
Infant
Male
Malnutrition
Maternal & child health
Medical research
Medical screening
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mortality
Nutrition
Patient outcomes
Pediatrics
People and Places
R&D
Research & development
Research and Analysis Methods
Risk
Risk Assessment
Risk factors
Secondary analysis
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Summary:In this secondary analysis of data from an intervention trial, we assessed the performance of Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) as a predictor of mortality in children aged 6-59 months from Delhi, India, one year after their initial MUAC measurements were taken. Additionally, we assessed MUAC as an absolute value and MUAC z-scores as predictors of risk of mortality. In the trial, children were screened using MUAC prior to referral to the study clinic. These children were revisited a year later to ascertain their vital status. Baseline MUAC and MUAC z-scores were used to categorize children as severely (MUAC
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0197832