World Health Organization’s Growth Reference Overestimates the Prevalence of Severe Malnutrition in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia in Africa

World Health Organization’s Growth Reference Overestimates the Prevalence of Severe Malnutrition in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia in Africa

Anthropometric indices are widely used to assess the health and nutritional status of children. We tested the hypothesis that the 2007 World Health Organization (WHO) reference for assessment of malnutrition in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) overestimates the prevalence of severe malnutritio...

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Main Authors: Djamila L. Ghafuri, Shehu U. Abdullahi, Binta W. Jibir, Safiya Gambo, Halima Bello-Manga, Lawal Haliru, Khadija Bulama, Fahd M. Usman, Awwal Gambo, Muktar H. Aliyu, Brittany C. Greene, Adetola A. Kassim, Chris Slaughter, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
sickle cell disease
growth references
severe malnutrition
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/1/119

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