An informatics tool to analyse child growth indexes: first results of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) software
Journal Title: Biomedicine & Prevention - Year 2018, Vol 2018, Issue 1
Abstract
Nowadays, health problems related to malnutrition still threats several countries. Undernutrition problems are more spread in low-income countries and high level of this malnutrition usually led to infant and premature deaths. Obesity and overweight usually ran to several diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. The World Health Organization has been produced the child growth standards. These standards are made through statistical models those give how the examined child is far from healthy growth values. They allow to monitor, prevent and mitigate child malnutrition and growth disorders. This work shows a new software able to analyse large numbers of data regarding the Mid-Upper Arm Circumference. Furthermore, the software elaborates statistical data in graphical forms, such as gaussian and cumulative distributions, scatter plots and warnings.
Authors and Affiliations
Andrea Malizia, Stefania Moramarco, Riccardo Rossi, Paola Scarcella, Pasqualino Gaudio, Leonardo Palombi
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