Table 1 Anthropometric measurements and indicators
From: Malnutrition among hospitalized children 12–59 months of age in Abyan and Lahj Governorates / Yemen
Measurement | Indicator | Nutritional status |
|---|---|---|
Weight-for-height index (W/H) | ≥ -2 z-score | Normal nutrition status |
(< -3 z-score and/or oedema and/or < 115 mm (MUAC) | Acute severe malnutrition (SAM) | |
WHZ ≥ -3 and < -2 | Acute moderate malnutrition (MAM) | |
MUAC | > or = 125 | Normal nutrition status |
< 125 and > or = 115 | Acute moderate malnutrition (MAM) | |
< 115 | Acute severe malnutrition (SAM) | |
Stunting (Height for Age -HAZ) | ≥ -2 z-score | Normal nutrition status |
3 z-score ≤ H/A < -2 z-score | Stunting (moderate) | |
< -3 z-score | Stunting (Severe) |