Mid arm circumference
The Use of Mid Arm Circumference for Screening Malnutrition in Preschool Children
... The Use of Mid Arm Circumference for Screening Malnutrition in Preschool Children Med ] Malaysia VoI 39 No 1 March 1984 THE USE OF MID ARM CIRCUMFERENCE FOR SCREENING MALNUTRITION IN PRESCHOOL CHILDRE[.] ...
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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 ...that mid arm circumference (MAC) can be used as a general indicator of BMI, ...
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A study on relevance of mid arm circumference measurement among 13-60 months of children at urban field practice area of Alluri Sita Ramaraju Academy of Medical Sciences, Eluru
... Mid arm circumference is one of the measure of protein energy malnutrition. In the present study, 133 children of 13 to 60 months of age were studied. In the present study, based on MAC measurement, ...
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A study of maternal factors influencing very low birth weight babies
... interval, mid arm circumference, literacy of the mother, per capita income per month, family structure, mother's occupation, antenatal care, maternal disease during the antenatal period (anaemia, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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A study to assess nutritional profile in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
... in mid arm circumference and mid-thigh circumference between COPD cases and control groups as well as between serum pre-albumin and serum transferrin level, serum uric acid ...
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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 = ...and mid-arm circumference had the best correlation with birth weight and are good predictors of LBW ...
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A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Role of Santarpan Manth in Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM)
... weight, mid arm circumference, skin fold thickness in group A patients , may be due to the Srotorodha action of pippali and Agni is augmented due to Ghrit, resulting in faster weight gain due to ...
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Mid-arm and calf circumferences are stronger mortality predictors than body mass index for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... low mid-arm circumference (MAC), and low calf circumference (CC), with the prediction of a 3-year follow-up mortality risk in patients with ...
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... upper 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 ...
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Reference Standards of Anthropometric Measurements for Children 0-2 Years Age, of an Urban set up
... OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY To construct percentile charts for various anthropometric measurements weight, length, head circumference, chest circumference, & mid arm circumference for 0-2yrs[r] ...
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PubMedCentral-PMC5549702.pdf
... We evaluated the interaction between maternal malaria infection and maternal anthropo- metric status on the risk of LBW using pooled data from 14,633 pregnancies from 13 studies (6 cohort studies and 7 randomized ...
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Evaluation of nutritional deficits among adolescents in Tando Muhammad Khan district via anthropometric measures
... of mid-upper arm circumference and waist circumferences were greatly associated with poor nutritional status in both ...hip circumference, mid-thigh circumference and BMI, ...
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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)
... upper arm muscle area Z-score, an age and gender adjusted measure of absolute lean body mass, explained most of the variabil- ity in the progression of stunting among school-aged chil- dren over a two year-period ...
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Abstract- MUAC is used as an indicator for assessing acute undernutrition among children below five years of age. WHO child
... microtoise. Mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) was measured to the nearest mm on the left arm using a fibreglass tape with vernier attachment (Ramachandran, ...
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Jain
... consent. Mid upper arm circumference of children was measured in centimetres using MUAC (mid upper arm circumference) ...left arm at right angle (90°) to the ...the ...
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A TRIAL OF ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION IN YOUNG RURAL GAMBIAN CHILDREN
... Percentage change in (a) body weight and (b) mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) at weekly intervals during the study for young rural Gambian children with ( 0 ) or without (-) [r] ...
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Does mid upper arm circumference identify all acute malnourished 6–59 month old children, in field and clinical settings in Nigeria?
... The weight of each child was measured using Seca digital weighing scale to 0.1 kg, while height was measured using Seca stadiometer to 0.1 cm. A wooden infantometer to 0.1 cm was used for children less than 24 months and ...
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Mid-upper arm circumference as a screening tool for identifying children with obesity: a 12-country study
... Waist circumference was measured at the end of a gentle expiration with a non-elastic tape held midway between the lower rib margin and the iliac crest ...right arm using a non-elastic tape held midway ...
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