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- Title
Maternal Mid–Upper Arm Circumference Is Associated With Birth Weight Among HIV-Infected Malawians.
- Authors
Ramlal, Roshan T.; Tembo, Martin; Soko, Alice; Chigwenembe, Maggie; Ellington, Sascha; Kayira, Dumbani; King, Caroline C.; Chasela, Charles; Jamieson, Denise; van der Horst, Charles; Bentley, Margaret E.; Adair, Linda S.
- Abstract
The authors examined the relationship of maternal anthropometry to fetal growth and birth weight among 1005 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected women in Lilongwe, Malawi, who consented to enrollment in the Breastfeeding, Antiretrovirals, and Nutrition Study (www.thebanstudy.org). Anthropometric assessments of mid–upper arm circumference (MUAC), arm muscle area (AMA), and arm fat area (AFA) were collected at the baseline visit between 12 and 30 weeks’ gestation and in up to 4 follow-up prenatal visits. In longitudinal analysis, fundal height increased monotonically at an estimated rate of 0.92 cm/wk and was positively and negatively associated with AMA and AFA, respectively. These latter relationships varied over weeks of follow-up. Baseline MUAC, AMA, and AFA were positively associated with birth weight (MUAC: 31.84 g/cm2, 95% confidence interval [CI], 22.18-41.49 [P < .01]; AMA: 6.88 g/cm2, 95% CI, 2.51-11.26 [P < .01]; AFA: 6.97 g/cm2, 95% CI, 3.53-10.41 [P < .01]). In addition, MUAC and AMA were both associated with decreased odds for low birth weight (LBW; <2500 g) (MUAC: odds ratio [OR] = 0.85, 95% CI, 0.77-0.94 [P < .01]; AMA: OR = 0.95, 95% CI, 0.91-0.99 [P < .05]). These findings support the use of MUAC as an efficient, cost-effective screening tool for LBW in HIV-infected women, as in HIV-uninfected women.
- Subjects
MALAWI; ADIPOSE tissues; AIDS patients; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH weight; LOW birth weight; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; LONGITUDINAL method; NUTRITIONAL assessment; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH funding; SKINFOLD thickness; T-test (Statistics); GRAVID uterus; FETAL development; REPEATED measures design; ARM circumference; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2012, Vol 27, Issue 3, p416
- ISSN
0884-5336
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0884533611435991