title: Is Mid-upper Arm Circumference Alone Sufficient to Identify Severe Acute Malnutrition Correctly?
abstract: Anthropometric data of 2466 children in Haryana revealed low sensitivity (6.9%) and positive predictive value (14.3%) of Mid-upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) at 115 mm cut-off for identifying Severe acute malnutrition (SAM). This raises concerns regarding the reliability of MUAC as a screening tool to identify SAM at the community-level.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh shankarprinja@gmail.com.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Tripathy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prinja
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D001132:Arm / Q000502:physiology*; D049628:Body Size; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D000067011:Severe Acute Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis*