Maternal mid-upper arm circumference is associated with birth weight among HIV-infected Malawians

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 416-421

  Ramlal, Roshan T ^a   Tembo, Martin ^b   Soko, Alice ^b   Chigwenembe, Maggie ^b   Ellington, Sascha ^c   Kayira, Dumbani ^b   King, Caroline C ^c   Chasela, Charles ^b   Jamieson, Denise ^c   Van Der Horst, Charles ^a   Bentley, Margaret E ^a   Adair, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; infant, low birth weight; nutrition assessment; proteins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL SCREENING; UTERUS FUNDUS HEIGHT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALAWI; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84861815645     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533611435991     Document Type: Article

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