Shikha Sinha

• Mid-upper arm circumference in detection of weight-for-height Z -score below −3 in children aged 6–59 months

  Open Access•Umesh Kapil, RM Pandey et al.•ARTICLE•Public Health Nutrition•2018

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  Objective To evaluate the predictive ability of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) for detecting severe wasting (weight-for-height Z -score (WHZ) Design Cross-sectional survey. Setting Rural Uttar Pradesh, India. Subjects Children ( n 18 456) for whom both WHZ ( n 18 463) and MUAC were available. Results The diagnostic test accuracy of MUAC for severe wasting was excellent (area under receiver-operating characteristic curve = 0·933). Across the l…

• Association between maternal age at childbirth and child and adult outcomes in the offspring

  Open Access•Caroline Fall, Caroline H D Fall et al.•ARTICLE•The Lancet Global Health•2015

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  BACKGROUND: Both young and advanced maternal age is associated with adverse birth and child outcomes. Few studies have examined these associations in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and none have studied adult outcomes in the offspring. We aimed to examine both child and adult outcomes in five LMICs. METHODS: In this prospective study, we pooled data from COHORTS (Consortium for Health Orientated Research in Transitioning Societies…

• Association between maternal age at childbirth and child and adult outcomes in the offspring

  Open Access•Caroline Fall, Caroline H D Fall et al.•ARTICLE•The Lancet Global Health•2015

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  BACKGROUND: Both young and advanced maternal age is associated with adverse birth and child outcomes. Few studies have examined these associations in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and none have studied adult outcomes in the offspring. We aimed to examine both child and adult outcomes in five LMICs. METHODS: In this prospective study, we pooled data from COHORTS (Consortium for Health Orientated Research in Transitioning Societies…

• Mid-upper arm circumference in detection of weight-for-height Z -score below −3 in children aged 6–59 months

  Open Access•Umesh Kapil, RM Pandey et al.•ARTICLE•Public Health Nutrition•2018

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  Objective To evaluate the predictive ability of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) for detecting severe wasting (weight-for-height Z -score (WHZ) Design Cross-sectional survey. Setting Rural Uttar Pradesh, India. Subjects Children ( n 18 456) for whom both WHZ ( n 18 463) and MUAC were available. Results The diagnostic test accuracy of MUAC for severe wasting was excellent (area under receiver-operating characteristic curve = 0·933). Across the l…

Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 obras) · Medicine (2 obras) · Anthropometry (1 obras) · Birth weight (1 obras) · Body mass index (1 obras) · Breastfeeding (1 obras) · Childbirth (1 obras) · Circumference (1 obras) · Demography (1 obras) · Endocrinology (1 obras)