Anthropometric indices and measures to assess change in the nutritional status of a population: a systematic literature review

Frison, Severine; Kerac, Marko; Checchi, Francesco; Prudhon, Claudine

doi:10.1186/s40795-016-0104-4

Table 3 Extraction sheet (N = 21)

From: Anthropometric indices and measures to assess change in the nutritional status of a population: a systematic literature review

Author	Year	Country	Setting	Type of study	Data collection period	Sample size	Age	Independent variables	Dependent variable	Standard	Unit
Bairagi, R [69].	1980	Bangladesh	Rural	Longitudinal study	Aug 1974 - Nov 1975	376, 326 and 356	12-36 m	Seasonal change	WFA	Harvard	% median
Bechir, M. et al. [70]	2010	Chad	Rural	Repeated cross-sectional studies	May/June 2007 and October 2007	653, 644 and 579, 539	0-59 m	Seasonal change	WFH	WHO	Z-score
Benefice, E. et al. [25]	1984	Senegal	Rural	Longitudinal study	March 1980, Aug/Sept 1980, Jan/Feb 1981, June 1981	114, 106, 88 and 90	12-59 m	Seasonal change	MUAC, MC, TSF, WFH	NCHS	% median
Block, S. A. et al. [71]	2003	Indonisia	Both	Repeated cross-sectional studies	1997/98. Repeated every 3 months approx	From 5450 to 10553	0-59 m	Drought and financial crisis 1997/1998	WFA, WFH	NCHS	Z-score
Branca, F. et al. [72]	1993	Ethipia	Rural	Longitudinal study	May 1987 - June 1988	60 for WFH, 40 for HFA in 0-59	0-59 m	Seasonal change	Height increment, WFH/L, H/LFA	NCHS	Z-score
Briend, A. et al. [15]	1989	Bangladesh	Rural	Longitudinal study	Dec 1984-Dec 1987	413 average (351–514)	6-36 m	Seasonal change & change over the years	Weight, WFA, H/LFA, WFH/L, MUAC	NCHS	% median & Z-score
Brown, K. et al.[26]	1982	Bangladesh	Rural	Longitudinal study	April 1978 - June 1979	174	6-59 m	Seasonal change	% expected Weight & Height/leng th gain, WFA, H/LFA, WFH/L, MUAC-for-age and TSF-for-age	NCHS	% median
Chikhungu, L. C. et al. [73]	2014	Malawi	Both	Repeated cross-sectional studies	March 2004 - Feb 2005	4012 and 2675	6-59 m	Seasonal change	WFH/L, WFA, HFA	WHO	Z-score
Egata, G. et al. [22]	2013	Ethiopia	Rural	Longitudinal study	July 2010 - Feb 2012	2132	6-36 m	Seasonal change	Weight, WFH/L, MUAC	WHO	Z-score
Garenne et al. [27]	2012	Senegal	Rural	Cohort	May 1983 - Nov 1983 - May 1984 - Nov 1984	775, 988 and 1040	6-23 m	Seasonal change	Weight, length, HC, MUAC, TSF, SSF, MC, BMI, WFA, WFH/L	CDC - 2000	Z-score
Hillbruner, C. et al. [74]	2008	Bangladesh	Urban	Repeated cross-sectional studies	Aug 2002, Feb 2003 and Aug/Sept 2003	185	6-72 m	Seasonal change	% expected growth, WFH/L, H/LFA	WHO	Z-score
Huong, L. T. et al. [23]	2014	Vietnam	Rural	Repeated cross-sectional studies	March, June, Sept, Dec 2012	195, 237, 196 and 225	24-59 m	Seasonal change	Height, weight, WFH/L, WFA,H/LFA	WHO	Z-score
Loutan, L. et al. [24]	1984	Niger	Rural	Cohort	Aug 1980 - Sept 1981	29 and 32	12-59 m and 0–59 m	Seasonal change	WFH/L, MUAC, TSF	Harvard	% median
Marin, C. M. et al. [28]	1996	Peru	Urban	Longitudinal study	Jan 1987 - Oct 1993	Min 100 per month, 4023 to 7946 per year	0-35 m	Seasonal change	WFH/L, WFA, H/LFA	NCHS	Z-score
Martin-Prevel, Y. et al. [29]	2000	Congo	Urban	Repeated cross-sectional studies	1993 then 1996	2581 and 1576	4-23 m	Devaluation of CFA franc	Birth weight, WFH/L, H/LFA	NCHS	Z-score
Meshram, I. I. et al. [75]	2014	India	Rural	Repeated cross-sectional studies	June/Sept 2007, Oct/Jan and Feb/May 2008	833, 527 and 555 children	12-59 m	Seasonal change	WFH/L, WFA, H/LFA	WHO	Z-score
Miller, J. et al. [30]	2013	West Timor	Rural	Nested cohort in cross-sectional survey	March 2010 - Nov 2010	80	6 to 59 months	Seasonal change	WFH/L, H/LFA, WFA, MUAC-for-age, TSF-for-age	WHO	Z-score
Mude, A. G. et al. [17]	2006	Kenya	Rural	Secondary data analysis	Feb 2000 - May 2005	between 17 and 58	6-59 m	herd dynamic, food, biophysical and seasonality	MUAC	NCHS	Z-score
Panter-Brick, C. [31]	1997	Nepal	Rural	Longitudinal study	1982 (8 rounds: Feb/march to Sept/Oct)	53 to 71	0-50 m	Seasonal change	Weight, Height, WFH/L, WFA, L/HFA	NCHS	Z-score
Shell-Duncan, B. [76]	1995	Kenya	Rural	Longitudinal study	From feb 1990 to Jan 1991	54	6 m-10 y	Seasonal change	Weight, Height, MUAC, BMI, WFH/L, MUAC-for-Age, WFA, H/LFA	NCHS	% median & Z-score
Wright, J. et al.[77]	2001	Zimbabwe	Both	Growth monitoring	Jan 1988-March 1993 and Jan 1994-Dec 1995	50 districts	0-59 m	Seasonal change	WFA	NCHS	% median

WFA Weight-For-Age; HFA Height-For-Age; WFH Weight-For-Height; MUAC Middle-Upper Arm Circumference; BMI Body Mass Index; HC, head circumference; TSF Triceps skinfold; SSF subscapular skinfold; MC muscle circumference; NCHS National Centre for Health Statistics; CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; WHO World Health Organisation

Back to article page

ISSN: 2055-0928

Contact us

General enquiries: journalsubmissions@springernature.com

BMC Nutrition

Contact us