ArticleNutrients2020
Use of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) to Predict Malnutrition among Sri Lankan Schoolchildren.
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- Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) measurement usage among children with disabilities: A systematic review.Nutrition and health · 2026Pooled it
- The performance of mid-upper arm circumference for identifying children and adolescents with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Public health nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of paediatric malnutrition on sevoflurane requirements and recovery: A pilot study.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2026Article
- Using Mid-Upper Arm Circumference z-score (MUACz) tapes for community-based assessment and monitoring of nutrition risks among young children: a qualitative analysis of experiences and lessons from southwest Kenya.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Adopting a Comprehensive Approach to Improve Nutritional Status among Critically Ill Children in Low-Resource Settings: A Narrative Review.International journal of preventive medicine · 2026Review
- Validity of mid-upper arm circumference in assessing thinness among older children aged 5-9 years: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Validity and predictability of mid-upper arm circumference for nutrition screening in outpatient preschoolers with cerebral palsy.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of arm circumference with the prevalence of gallstones in United States adults: a retrospective analysis on US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Correlating food and nutritional patterns with cancers in the pediatric oncology population at two specialized hospitals in Tanzania.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Using mid-upper arm circumferenceFrontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Protecting optimal childhood growth: systematic nutritional screening, assessment, and intervention for children at risk of malnutrition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- The L-shaped association of mid-upper arm circumference with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in US adults: a population-based prospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Analysis of Changes in the Selected Nutritional Parameters of Patients within a Year from the Admission to the Enteral Nutrition Clinic.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Genetic regulation of body size and morphology in children: a twin study of 22 anthropometric traits.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2023Article
- Does a child's mid-upper arm circumference-for-age z-score represent another nutritional indicator of childhood malnutrition status?Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
The double burden of malnutrition (under- and overnutrition) is a serious public health issue in childhood. The mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) is a simple tool for screening nutritional status, but studies of the optimal cutoff to define malnutrition are limited. This study aimed to explore the prediction of malnutrition by MUAC in Sri Lankan schoolchildren. The participants were 538 students (202 boys, 336 girls) aged 5-10 years. Spearman's rank correlation was calculated for MUAC and both body-mass-index-for-age z-score (BAZ) and height-for-age z-score (HAZ). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was conducted to assess the ability of MUAC to correctly classify malnutrition, after stratifying for age and birth weight. MUAC correlated significantly with BAZ (
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