2020
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-020-03236-9
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Outcomes of Hospitalized Infants Aged One to Six Months in Relation to Different Anthropometric Indices – An Observational Cohort Study

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“…This is an important finding given that WLZ is the currently recommended criterion for intervention and among LBW infants, health worker may consider change in anthropometry more important than the single measure taken at growth monitoring. Our results concur with studies of community infants in The Gambia 21 and BukinaFaso 3 , and from hospital infant cohort in Kenya 22 and India 23 where among infants u6m, WLZ is not reliably measured 24,25 possibly partly explaining its poor prediction of subsequently mortality. Although using growth velocity may be better at identifying risk, in practice repeated measures may be more complex to implement 26 .…”
Section: (27)supporting
confidence: 89%
“…This is an important finding given that WLZ is the currently recommended criterion for intervention and among LBW infants, health worker may consider change in anthropometry more important than the single measure taken at growth monitoring. Our results concur with studies of community infants in The Gambia 21 and BukinaFaso 3 , and from hospital infant cohort in Kenya 22 and India 23 where among infants u6m, WLZ is not reliably measured 24,25 possibly partly explaining its poor prediction of subsequently mortality. Although using growth velocity may be better at identifying risk, in practice repeated measures may be more complex to implement 26 .…”
Section: (27)supporting
confidence: 89%
“…A small but growing number of studies have explored the utility of different anthropometric criteria to identify malnutrition in infants u6m [ 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 ]. The best of these look at the association between anthropometric measures and subsequent mortality.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A small but growing number of studies have explored the utility of different anthropometric criteria to identify malnutrition in infants u6m [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. The best of these look at the association between anthropometric measures and subsequent mortality.…”
Section: The Utility Of Simple Measurements: Muac and Wazmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In our study, we sampled infants u6m attending health centres for any reason. Most studies evaluating malnutrition burden in infants u6m focused on community representative samples [28,[31][32][33], on infants hospitalised and receiving in-patient care [30,[34][35][36], or they have followed-up a birth cohort [29].…”
Section: Implications For Research and Programmingmentioning
confidence: 99%