Mid-upper-arm-circumference and mid-upper-arm circumference z-score: The best predictor of mortality

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 998-1003

  Rasmussen, J ^a,b,c   Andersen, A ^a   Fisker, A B ^b   Ravn, H ^b   Sodemann, M ^c   Rodrigues, A ^a   Benn, C S ^a,b   Aaby, P ^a,b  

^a Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anthropometry; child mortality; child nutrition disorders mortality; predictive value of tests

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE Z SCORE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AREA UNDER CURVE; ARM; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865980491     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.95     Document Type: Article

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