Midupper arm circumference and weight-for-length z scores have different associations with body composition: Evidence from a cohort of Ethiopian infants1-3

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 593-599

  Grijalva Eternod, Carlos S ^a   Wells, Jonathan C K ^b   Girma, Tsinuel ^c   Kæstel, Pernille ^e   Admassu, Bitiya ^d   Friis, Henrik ^e   Andersen, Gregers S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Departments of Pediatrics and Child Health   (United Kingdom)

^d JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body composition; Fat freemass; Fatmass; Height; Infants; Length; Midupper arm circumference; Nutritional status; Weight for length; Weight forheight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIAN; FAT FREE MASS; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDUPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARM; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84941633063     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.106419     Document Type: Article

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