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

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Grellety, Emmanuel ^a   Golden, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute malnutrition; Case fatality rate; Child; Diagnosis; Human; Kwashiorkor; Mathematical coupling; Meta analysis; Mid upper arm circumference; Mortality; MUAC; Nutrition; Oedema; SAM; Severe acute malnutrition; Simpson's paradox; Wasting; Weight for height; WHZ

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; MORTALITY RATE; MORTALITY RISK; OUTPATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT FOR HEIGHT Z SCORE; WEIGHT HEIGHT RATIO; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; UNDERWEIGHT;

AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; THINNESS;

EID: 85053336859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12937-018-0384-4     Document Type: Article

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