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

• Main Authors: Ranadip Chowdhury (Author), Nitika (Author), Tarun Shankar Choudhary (Author), Sunita Taneja (Author), Jose Martines (Author), Nita Bhandari (Author), Rajiv Bahl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...