Mid-upper arm circumference in pregnant women and its relation to birth weight
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Mid-upper arm circumference in pregnant women and its relation to birth weight.
OBJECTIVE In order to determine the relationship between some maternal anthropometric indicators and birth weight, crown-heel length and newborn's head circumference, 92 pregnant women were followed through at the prenatal service of hospital in S. Paulo, Brazil. MATERIAL AND METHOD The following variables were established for the mother: weight, height, mid-upper arm circumference, pre-pregn...
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BACKGROUND Despite the huge proportion of the babies in the developing world being born low birthweight, only about half of the newborns are weighed at birth as weighing scales often tend to be either non-available or defective. OBJECTIVE Designing a nomogram for estimation of birthweight from head circumference (HC) and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC). METHOD Birthweight, HC and MUAC of...
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the present survey is a correlation study designed to determine extent and type of relation between mid-arm circumference and weight in order to offer a scale for assumption of weight. 390 healthy, adults who are resident in tehran and between the ages 18-65 were selected from visitors at three hospital censers at random. input accumulation was carried out by means of a questionnaire and ...
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BACKGROUND Low Birth Weight (LBW) is one of the major risk factor for death in early life. However, little is known about predictors of LBW in sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, the aim of this study was to measure the incidence and determinants of LBW in a rural population of Ethiopia. METHODS An observational cohort study on pregnant women was conducted from December 2009 to November 2010. Duri...
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BACKGROUND The objectives of this study were to (i) describe the relationship between weight changes and MUAC changes in children aged between 6 and 59 months during treatment for SAM in CMAM programmes in three country contexts (Malawi, Ethiopia and Bangladesh) admitted using MUAC and (ii) describe the sensitivity of both MUAC and weight to episodes of disease experienced during the SAM treatm...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista de Saúde Pública
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0034-8910
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89101998000200002