Skip Navigation

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1983 29(2):69-75; doi:10.1093/tropej/29.2.69
© 1983 by Oxford University Press
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow E-letters: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when E-letters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

research-article

Anthropometric Assessment of Young Children's Nutritional Status as an Indicator of Subsequent Risk of Dying

THE KASONGO PROJECT TEAM *

This paper examines the possibility of screening children of 6–59 months old for subsequent risk of dying by using various cut-off points of weight for age, weight for height, arm-circumference for age, and arm-circumference for height. The study was conducted in Kasongo, the main town of a rural area in Zaire.

The risk of dying for Kasongo under-fives was quite uniformly distributed among groups defined by various cut-off points in the distribution of anthropometric parameters. It was not possible to demonstrate differential mortality risks or to identify a threshold level below which the risk would substantially increase. These results are in contrast with similar community-based studies from India and Bangladesh. Possible explanations for this contrast as well as the operational implications of the findings are discussed.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.