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Diagnostic Concordance between Random Upper Arm Circumference and Mid Upper Arm Circumference Measurements among Children Aged 6-59 Months in South Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: Random upper arm circumference (RUAC) is frequently used for malnutrition screening among children aged 6-59 months. However, inadequate evidence exists regarding its agreement with mid upper arm circumference (MUAC). This study examined diagnostic concordance between RUAC and standard MUAC measurements and tested RUAC's ability for screening malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months. A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 30 to May 30/2015 in Ethiopia. Data were taken from a sample of 819 children aged 6-59 months with a simple random sampling technique. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 22 software. The kappa agreement level, sensitivity, and specificity were calculated. The receiver operating curve was prepared to determine the optimal cutoff RUAC for the sensitivity and specificity. With National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) cutoff (12 cm), the performance of RUAC measurements in terms of sensitivity was low (44%). The kappa agreement level between the two measurements was 0.551 (p value < 0.001). With the new WHO cutoff (12.5 cm), however, RUAC was improved in validity (sensitivity 81%), specificity 96.9%, and kappa agreement level (K = 0.807; p < 0.001).

SUBMITTER: Admama Bamud J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8032539 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Diagnostic Concordance between Random Upper Arm Circumference and Mid Upper Arm Circumference Measurements among Children Aged 6-59 Months in South Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Admama Bamud Juhar J Mulugeta Bezabih Afework A Wassie Feleke Fentaw F Fentaw Mulaw Getahun G

Journal of nutrition and metabolism 20210331

Random upper arm circumference (RUAC) is frequently used for malnutrition screening among children aged 6-59 months. However, inadequate evidence exists regarding its agreement with mid upper arm circumference (MUAC). This study examined diagnostic concordance between RUAC and standard MUAC measurements and tested RUAC's ability for screening malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months. A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 30 to May 30/2015 in Ethiopia. Data were taken from a sample ...[more]

PMID: 33868726

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Project description:BackgroundOverweight or obesity is an excessive fat accumulation that impairs the health and wellbeing of the adult population throughout the world. Recently Mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) was suggested as a screening index for overweight or obesity among adolescents, but its utilization for the assessment of overweight or obesity in the adult population is not clear yet. In addition, little is known about the screening ability of MUAC for overweight or obesity in the adult population of Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the utility of MUAC for screening overweight or obesity among adult employees of Mizan Tepi University, Southwest Ethiopia.MethodA Facility -based cross-sectional study was carried out from February 21 to March 20, 2020, at Mizan Tepi University. About 585 study participants were selected by gender-based stratified sampling technique. Anthropometric data like weight, height, and MUAC were collected. Pearson's correlation between MUAC, body mass index (BMI), and age was calculated to see a relationship between them. The Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve was calculated to identify the screening ability of MUAC for overweight or obesity. The appropriate MUAC cutoff point for both men and women established using the Youden index. Additionally, sensitivity, specificity, positive, and negative predictive values were calculated.ResultThe prevalence of overweight and obesity among the study participants was 18.1% and 4.8%, respectively. MUAC had a strong positive correlation with BMI, r = 0.65 (95% CI; 0.56-0.69). According to ROC analysis, MUAC is an excellent screening tool for male and female employees with excellent accuracy (AUC = 0.9 with 91.4% sensitivity and 76.4% specificity) and good accuracy (AUC = 0.83 with 67.2% sensitivity and 83.5% specificity), respectively. Based on the youden index, the cutoff point of MUAC to screen overweight or obesity among male and female employees was 26.91cm.ConclusionMid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) has an equal ability with BMI to screen overweight or obesity among adults. Therefore, MUAC can be utilized as an alternative index to screen overweight and obesity in resource-limited setups.

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Diagnostic Concordance between Random Upper Arm Circumference and Mid Upper Arm Circumference Measurements among Children Aged 6-59 Months in South Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

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Diagnostic Concordance between Random Upper Arm Circumference and Mid Upper Arm Circumference Measurements among Children Aged 6-59 Months in South Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

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