Growth of under five-year-old children in Kyeni, Kenya.
During a three-months period a cross-sectional study of the measurements of head circumference, mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) and weight was performed in 515 under five-year-old children in Kyeni, Kenya. Growth of Kyeni children seems to develop according to international standards for weight-for-age, MUAC-for-age and head circumference and for all parameters the average remains above minus 2 SD of the standard. Despite the presence of anthropometric malnutrition and downward trend in weight-for-age, MUAC-for-age and to a lesser degree the head circumference-for-age, the average growth of the Kyeni children in Kenya is within normal limits of international references.
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D000367:Age Factors; D000886:Anthropometry; D001132:Arm / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D001835:Body Weight; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008430:Maternal-Child Health Centers; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015588:Observer Variation; D012016:Reference Values; D012727:Sex Characteristics