Dixon R A
Department of Public Health Medicine, University of Sheffield Medical School, UK.
West Afr J Med. 1995 Oct-Dec;14(4):210-6.
The nutritional status of all children under five years in each of two rural areas in the forest belt of western Nigeria was assessed by visiting overseas medical students. Each child under five was weighed and their mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) measured. One quarter of the children had weights below the third percentile for age (WHO standards). In one village nearly half of 45 children had weights below the third percentile and one sixth had weights further below the median than three standard deviations. Standardised weight scores (against reference standards) tended to be a little higher than, but correlated fairly well (r = 0.67) with standardised MUAC. New amalgamated standards for MUAC from 0 to 60 months are presented.
通过访问海外医学生，对尼日利亚西部森林地带两个农村地区的所有五岁以下儿童的营养状况进行了评估。对每个五岁以下儿童进行了称重，并测量了他们的上臂中部周长（MUAC）。四分之一的儿童体重低于年龄的第三百分位数（世界卫生组织标准）。在一个村庄，45名儿童中有近一半体重低于第三百分位数，六分之一的儿童体重比中位数低三个标准差以上。标准化体重得分（相对于参考标准）往往略高于标准化MUAC，但相关性相当好（r = 0.67）。本文给出了0至60个月MUAC的新合并标准。
