title: Utility of arm circumference as a screening instrument to identify women at nutritional risk.
abstract: Anthropometric measurements of 567 healthy nonpregnant women aged 20-40 years were studied to assess the utility of mid-upper-arm-circumference as a screening test to detect malnutrition. The prevalence of malnutrition in the study sample was 38.4%. A cut-off point of 24 cm was found to be most appropriate in the study setting as at that level the sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive values were 71.1%, 69.6% and 59.4%, respectively.
authors: Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, South India.
authors: V C
authors: VC
authors: Rodrigues
authors: R S
authors: RS
authors: Rao
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Lena
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D001132:Arm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors