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    Which anthropometric indicators identify a pregnant woman as acutely malnourished and predict adverse birth outcomes in the humanitarian context?

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    Authors
    Ververs, M-T
    Antierens, A
    Sackl, A
    Staderini, N
    Captier, V
    Issue Date
    2013
    
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    PLoS Currents
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    Currently there is no consensus on how to identify pregnant women as acutely malnourished and when to enroll them in nutritional programmes. Médecins Sans Frontières Switzerland undertook a literature review with the purpose of determining values of anthropometric indicators for acute malnutrition that are associated with adverse birth outcomes (such as low birth weight (LBW)), pre-term birth and intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR). A literature search in PUBMED was done covering 1 January 1995 to 12 September 2012 with the key terms maternal anthropometry and pregnancy. The review focused on the humanitarian context. Mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) was identified as the preferential indicator of choice because of its relatively strong association with LBW, narrow range of cut-off values, simplicity of measurement (important in humanitarian settings) and it does not require prior knowledge of gestational age. The MUAC values below which most adverse effects were identified were <22 and <23 cm. A conservative cut-off of <23 cm is recommended to include most pregnant women at risk of LBW for their infants in the African and Asian contexts.
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    Public Library of Science
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10144/315017
    DOI
    10.1371/currents.dis.54a8b618c1bc031ea140e3f2934599c8
    PubMed ID
    23787989
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    2157-3999
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1371/currents.dis.54a8b618c1bc031ea140e3f2934599c8
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