| Autor: |
Gaylord Ngaboyeka, Ghislain Bisimwa, Anouk Neven, Pacifique Mwene-Batu, Richard Kambale, Petit Passy Kingwayi, Christian Chiribagula, Oreste Battisti, Michèle Dramaix, Philippe Donnen |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Nutrition, Vol 10 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2296-861X |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fnut.2023.1075800 |
| Popis: |
BackgroundFew studies have assessed the relationship between weight-for-height (WHZ) and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) with hospital mortality considering confounders. The particularity of MUAC for age (MUACZ) is less documented.ObjectiveThis study aims to investigate this relationship in a region endemic for severe acute malnutrition (SAM).MethodsThis is a retrospective cohort based on a database of children admitted from 1987 to 2008 in South Kivu, eastern DRC. Our outcome was hospital mortality. To estimate the strength of the association between mortality and nutritional indices, the relative risk (RR) with its 95% confidence interval (95% CI) was calculated. In addition to univariate analyses, we constructed multivariate models from binomial regression.ResultsA total of 9,969 children aged 6 to 59 months were selected with a median age of 23 months. 40.9% had SAM (according to the criteria WHZ |
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