Anthropometric deficits and the associated risk of death by age and sex in children aged 6-59 months: A meta‐analysis

• Main Authors: Susan Thurstans (Author), Stephanie V. Wrottesley (Author), Bridget Fenn (Author), Tanya Khara (Author), Paluku Bahwere (Author), James A. Berkley (Author), Robert E. Black (Author), Erin Boyd (Author), Michel Garenne (Author), Sheila Isanaka (Author), Natasha Lelijveld (Author), Christine M. McDonald (Author), Andrew Mertens (Author), Martha Mwangome (Author), Kieran S. O'Brien (Author), Heather Stobaugh (Author), Sunita Taneja (Author), Keith P. West (Author), Saul Guerrero (Author), Marko Kerac (Author), André Briend (Author), Mark Myatt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Risk of death from undernutrition is thought to be higher in younger than in older children, but evidence is mixed. Research also demonstrates sex differences whereby boys have a higher prevalence of undernutrition than girls. This analysis described mortality risk associated with anthropom...