Oguz A, Gokalp A S, Gultekin A
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas-Turkey.
Indian Pediatr. 1990 Mar;27(3):257-62.
Malnutrition grades of 1000 children were established by various anthropometric measures in Sivas area. The general malnutrition rate was 30.5% according to weight for age, 27.7% for weight for height and 33.7% for mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) to head circumference (HC) ratio. The rates of severe malnutrition were noted to be low (1.8-2.2%) when using these criteria. Malnutrition in the 0-3 month babies was misleading, when measurement were solely based on the MUAC/HC ratio.