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Upper arm circumference development in Chinese children and adolescents: a pooled analysis
... A search was carried out for articles published in jour- nals such as the Wanfangdata and Tsinghua-Tongfang using the keywords “upper arm circumference” to iden- tify published or dissertations on UAC ...
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Reliability of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Measurements Taken by Community Health Nurses
... However, using MUAC because of its assumed simplicity and convenience raises some concerns. A convenient tool must be able measure the arm circumference with a fair level of precision and accuracy (Myatt et ...
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Mid Arm Circumference: An Alternate Anthropometric Index of Obesity in Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome
... waist circumference (WC), biceps skin fold thickness, body mass index (BMI) and the rohrer index (wt(kg)/ ht (m 3 ...mid arm circumference (MAC) can be used as a general indicator of BMI, when ...
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Mid-upper arm circumference as a screening tool for identifying children with obesity: a 12-country study
... the arm-to-height ratio (calculated as the arm circumference/height), a non-age-dependent index of ...between arm- to-height ratio and adiposity indicators has been shown to be weaker than ...
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Relationship Between Neck Circumference, Waist Circumference, Body Mass Index, Arm Circumference and Waist Hip Ratio as Predictors of Cardiovascular Risk Factors
... or higher (Table 1). Compare with the report by Seidell (1997) it shows that Caucasians have high prevalence of obesity when compared to the Negros. However, this is in agreement with the report by Dicker et al (2008) ...
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Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) as a feasible tool in detecting adult malnutrition
... Mid-upper arm circumfer- ence is not without its limitations, and does not account for recent significant unplanned weight loss, an important indicator of nutritional ...
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Anthropometric measurements at birth as predictor of low birth weight
... chest circumference (r = 0.74) and the mid arm circumference (r = ...mid-arm circumference had the best correlation with birth weight and are good predictors of LBW ...weight, ...
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Evaluation of Nutritional Status Using Anthropometry and Biochemical Indices of Community Dwelling Older Persons in Nigeria
... calf circumference, mid-upper arm circumference, waist circumference, hip circumference in both sexes showing relationship among the parameters since each of them reflect undernutrition ...
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Muscularity and Fatness of Infants and Young Children Born Small- or Large-for-Gestational-Age
... (mid-upper arm circumference, triceps and subscapular skinfolds, mid-upper arm muscle and mid- upper arm fat areas (UFA), and the arm fat ...
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Jain
... upper arm circumference of children was measured in centimetres using MUAC (mid upper arm circumference) ...left arm at right angle (90°) to the ...child’s arm was ...a ...
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MUAC-for-age more useful than absolute MUAC for nutritional surveillance in Somalia: results from nineteen cross-sectional surveys (2007–2016)
... Background: Somalia is affected by a civil war and a protracted humanitarian crisis for more than two decades. The international community has put in place nutrition surveillance systems to monitor the situation and ...
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... mid arm circumference of right arm (MACR) and upper mid arm circumference of left arm (MACL) were reduced in both the groups but change in Yoga group alone was significant ...
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Evaluation of nutritional deficits among adolescents in Tando Muhammad Khan district via anthropometric measures
... mid-upper arm circumference and waist circumferences were greatly associated with poor nutritional status in both ...hip circumference, mid-thigh circumference and BMI, deranged measurements ...
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COMPARATIVE STUDY THE GROWTH PATTERN AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN AT PURBA MIDNAPORE DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL, INDIA
... Mid-arm circumference (MAC) was measured but there is no significant variation was observed between two economic groups of preschool children (Figure- ...chest circumference showed significant ...
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Thampi
... calf circumference or mid-upper arm circumference strongly suggests that these anthropometric parameters can be used for quick assessment of the nutritional status of the ...calf circumference ...
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Serum myokine (myostatin and IGF-1) measurement as predictors in hemodialysis patients
... AC: Arm circumference; ACEi: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; AMC: Arm muscle circumference; ARB: Angiotensin receptor blocker; BCM: Body cell mass; BMI: Body mass index; BMR: Basal ...
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Mid-arm and calf circumferences are stronger mortality predictors than body mass index for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... Purpose: This study examined and compared the associations of anthropometric indicators, such as low body mass index (BMI), low mid-arm circumference (MAC), and low calf circumference (CC), with the ...
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<p>Association Between Body Composition and Frailty in Elder Inpatients</p>
... waist circumference, body fat mass and percent body fat, non-frail inpatients showed greater upper arm circumference, calf circumference, skeletal muscle mass, total body water, fat-free mass ...
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TO STUDY THE EFFICACY OF VIDANGADI CHURNA IN STHAULYA W S R TO OBESITY
... The effect of therapy on physical characteristics like Body weight, BMI, Waist Circumference, Hip Circumference, Mid Arm Circumference and Mid Thigh Circumference were highly ...
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A Technical Investigation Pertaining to the First Shot Fired in the JFK Assassination
... Following the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy, the Warren Commission established that one of the three shots fired in Dealey Plaza missed. By 1979, subsequent investigations determined that the first shot fired ...
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