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Article Dans Une Revue Public Health Nutrition Année : 2023

Prognostic value of different anthropometric indices over different measurement intervals to predict mortality in 6-59-month-old children

André Briend
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Mark A. Myatt
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James Alexander Berkley
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Robert E. Black
Erin M. Boyd
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Natasha Lelijveld
Sheila Isanaka
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Christine M. Mcdonald
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Martha Mwangwome
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Kieran S. O'Brien
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Catherine Schwinger
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Heather C. Stobaugh
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Sunita Taneja
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Keith P. West
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Tanya N. Khara
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Résumé

Objective: To compare the prognostic value of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) and weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ) for predicting death over periods of 1, 3 and 6 months follow-up in children. Design: Pooled analysis of twelve prospective studies examining survival after anthropometric assessment. Sensitivity and false-positive ratios to predict death within 1, 3 and 6 months were compared for three individual anthropometric indices and their combinations. Setting: Community-based, prospective studies from twelve countries in Africa and Asia. Participants: Children aged 6-59 months living in the study areas. Results: For all anthropometric indices, the receiver operating characteristic curves were higher for shorter than for longer durations of follow-up. Sensitivity was higher for death with 1-month follow-up compared with 6 months by 49 % (95 % CI (30, 69)) for MUAC < 115 mm (P < 0·001), 48 % (95 % CI (9·4, 87)) for WHZ < -3 (P < 0·01) and 28 % (95 % CI (7·6, 42)) for WAZ < -3 (P < 0·005). This was accompanied by an increase in false positives of only 3 % or less. For all durations of follow-up, WAZ < -3 identified more children who died and were not identified by WHZ < -3 or by MUAC < 115 mm, 120 mm or 125 mm, but the use of WAZ < -3 led to an increased false-positive ratio up to 16·4 % (95 % CI (12·0, 20·9)) compared with 3·5 % (95 % CI (0·4, 6·5)) for MUAC < 115 mm alone. Conclusions: Frequent anthropometric measurements significantly improve the identification of malnourished children with a high risk of death without markedly increasing false positives. Combining two indices increases sensitivity but also increases false positives among children meeting case definitions.

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hal-04193747 , version 1 (01-09-2023)

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André Briend, Mark A. Myatt, James Alexander Berkley, Robert E. Black, Erin M. Boyd, et al.. Prognostic value of different anthropometric indices over different measurement intervals to predict mortality in 6-59-month-old children. Public Health Nutrition, 2023, 26 (6), pp.1210-1221. ⟨10.1017/S1368980023000149⟩. ⟨hal-04193747⟩
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