Weight-for-height z score
Comparison of midupper arm circumference and weight-for-height z score for assessing acute malnutrition in children aged 6-60 months: an analytical study
... of weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) over other anthropometric criteria, namely weight-for-age Z- score (WAZ) or height-for-age Z-score (HAZ), is based ...
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Assessing the Impact of the Introduction of the World Health Organization Growth Standards and Weight-for-Height z-Score Criterion on the Response to Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children: Secondary Data Analysis
... At the time of admission into the malnutrition treatment program, MSF personnel obtained information from the primary caregivers on the child’s age, gender, and his- tory of recent illness. Trained MSF nutrition ...
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Influence of the Home Environment on the Development of Obesity in Children
... The home environment is a critical factor in the development of childhood obesity. We have docu- mented prospectively a greater than twofold in- creased risk of developing obesity in children with lower cognitive ...
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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)
... malnutrition, weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) and mid upper arm circumference (MUAC), do not always converge in their estimations of acute malnutrition, creating challenges for decision ...
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Intrahousehold and interhousehold child nutrition inequality in Malawi
... the height-for-age-z-score are all negative while those for the weight-for-height z-score are all positive; supporting our earlier finding that stunting is a more serious ...
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Peak cortisol response to corticotropin-releasing hormone is associated with age and body size in children referred for clinical testing: a retrospective review
... age, weight, height, BMI, BSA, and height z-score (p < ...only height z-score reaching a similar level of statistical sig- nificance (p < ...included ...
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Factors affecting the growth of infants diagnosed with cystic fibrosis by newborn screening
... mean z scores for height and weight in the first and second year of ...the z scores frequently varied significantly over time meaning a z score from a single time point would not ...
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Z Score Anthropometric Indicators Derived from NCHS 1977, CDC 2000 and WHO 2006 in Children Under 5 Years in Central Area of Peru
... the weight-for-age, height-for-age, weight-for-height and body mass index Z-scores in children 36-60 months of age in the central highlands of Peru were different when using NCHS-1977, ...
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Correlates of weight gain during long-term risperidone treatment in children and adolescents
... of weight gain we found is comparable to that reported in shorter-term studies ...enrollment weight, but not BMI, z ...found weight and height measurements extracted from the medical ...
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The association between gestational weight gain z score and stillbirth: a case control study
... Maternal height, pre − pregnancy weight, weight at last prenatal visit, and weight at deliv- ery were abstracted from medical ...maternal height or pre − pregnancy weight were ...
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Adding anthropometric measures of regional adiposity to BMI improves prediction of cardiometabolic, inflammatory and adipokines profiles in youths: a cross-sectional study
... relative weight, constitutes an accurate predictor, whereas others highlight the potential role of waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist circumference (Waist C), and waist-to-height ratio ...C Z ...
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A Study on Nutritional Status of the Adolescent Girls at Khagrachhari District in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
... articles, immunization coverage, nutrition knowledge, etc. was collected using a structured questionnaire. Height and weight were measured using standard techniques. 24-hour recall method was used for ...
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Oxandrolone Improves Height Velocity and BMI in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
... for height z score, height velocity (HV), BMI z score, weight velocity (WV), Tanner stage, pulmonary function, liver enzyme levels, and any reported adverse ...BMI ...
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The effect of maternal and child factors on stunting, wasting and underweight among preschool children in Northern Ghana
... under- weight among children aged 6–59 months in Northern ...maternal height asso- ciated negatively with stunting but not ...low height- for-age z-score may not necessarily be the same ...
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Effects of unconditional cash transfers on the outcome of treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM): a cluster-randomised trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
... higher weight and MUAC gains, which resulted in significant continued ...age Z-score (MUACZ- age) and mid-upper arm circumference for height Z-score (MUACZ-ht) changes are all ...
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Nutritional status of pre-school children from low income families
... 1) height, weight and BMI pre- sented average z score are above the reference values of the CDC/NCHS, this difference was higher in weight and BMI; 2) z scores for weight ...
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Influence of vesico ureteral reflux on growth
... indices: height z-score (HZ), Ideal body weight percent (IBWp) and percent of actual weight over median weight for age (MWAp) in children with VUR at presentation and at time of ...
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Growth in Prepubertal Children With Cystic Fibrosis Treated With Ivacaftor
... in height z score on the basis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth curves ( Table ...in height z score was observed at 6 months ( P < ...in height ...
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Obesity and Mortality Risk in Critically Ill Children
... the weight-for-age mean in the UK ...patient height and calculated weight-for-age z scores, the nadir for mortality was from ...CDC’s weight-for-age mean, which is more consistent with ...
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Efficacy of partially hydrolyzed guar gum (PHGG) supplemented modified oral rehydration solution in the treatment of severely malnourished children with watery diarrhoea: a randomised double-blind controlled trial
... treatment. Duration of diarrhoea was calculated in hours from the time of randomization to the last watery or loose stool within 7 days. Children were considered withdrawn from the study if their parents or legal ...
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