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The optimal mid-upper-arm circumference cutoffs to screen severe acute malnutrition in Vietnamese children.


ABSTRACT: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remains a main cause of mortality among children under five years old. Vietnam needs further study to establish the optimal mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) cutoff for improving the accuracy of the MUAC indicator in screening SAM children aged 6-59 months. A survey was conducted at all 16 subdistricts across four provinces in Northern Midlands and mountainous areas. The data of 4,764 children showed that an optimal MUAC cutoff of 13.5 cm would allow the inclusion of 65% of children with weight-for-height z-scores (WHZs) below -3SD. A combination of MUAC and WHZ may achieve a higher impact on therapeutic feeding programs for SAM children. The MUAC cutoff of 13.5 cm (65% sensitivity and 72% specificity) should be used as the cutoff for improving and/or preventing SAM status among children under 5 in the Midlands and mountainous areas in Vietnam.

SUBMITTER: Hai TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7109525 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The optimal mid-upper-arm circumference cutoffs to screen severe acute malnutrition in Vietnamese children.

Hai Tran Thi TT   Bardosono Saptawati S   Wiradnyani Luh Ade Ari LAA   Hop Le Thi LT   Ngan Hoang T Duc HTD   Phuong Huynh Nam HN  

AIMS public health 20200323 1


Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remains a main cause of mortality among children under five years old. Vietnam needs further study to establish the optimal mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) cutoff for improving the accuracy of the MUAC indicator in screening SAM children aged 6-59 months. A survey was conducted at all 16 subdistricts across four provinces in Northern Midlands and mountainous areas. The data of 4,764 children showed that an optimal MUAC cutoff of 13.5 cm would allow the inclusio  ...[more]

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