Diagnostic measures for severe acute malnutrition in Indian infants under 6 months of age: a secondary data analysis

• Autors principals: Ranadip Chowdhury (Autor), Nitika (Autor), Tarun Shankar Choudhary (Autor), Sunita Taneja (Autor), Jose Martines (Autor), Nita Bhandari (Autor), Rajiv Bahl (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: BMC, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
• Accés en línia: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Weight for length z-score (WLZ) < − 3 is currently used to define severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among infants. However, this approach has important limitations for infants younger than 6 months of age as WLZ cannot be calculated using WHO growth standards if infant length is...