The Preschool Child in Suka_ Village, North Sumatra III. Upper arm Circumference and Skinfolds as Indicators of Nutritional Status

  • Jane A. Kusin Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam
  • H. S. R. Parlindungan Sinaga Department of Biochemistry, University of Sumatera Utara Medical School, Medan, North Sumatera
  • J. Khoman Previously Health Centre, Kabanjahe, Karo, North Sumatera
  • J. M. Houtkooper Jan Swammerdam Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
  • U. Renqvist Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14238/pi22.1-2.1982.1-10
Keywords: upper arm circumference, skinfolds, nutritional status

Abstract

Upper arm circumfereru:e, triceps and subscapular skinfolds were measured at 6-monthly intervals during one year in a group of preschool children, age 0 - 5 years.

All 3 measurements decreased as compared with the reference in the age period 1 - 23 months followed by a catch-up at age 2- 4 years.

The predictive value of upper arm circumference for the development af malnutrition was low. Age group 1 - 23 months should be considered "at risk" irrespectively of the nutritional state at the time of examination.


Absence of mortality may be attributed to the fact that children can eat to appetite, when they are healthy and to the simple medical treatment given.

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Published
1982-02-27
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Kusin J, Sinaga HSR, Khoman J, Houtkooper J, Renqvist U. The Preschool Child in Suka_ Village, North Sumatra III. Upper arm Circumference and Skinfolds as Indicators of Nutritional Status. PI [Internet]. 27Feb.1982 [cited 6Feb.2025];22(1-2):1-0. Available from: https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/1611
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Vol 22 No 1-2 (1982): January - February 1982
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Pediatric Nutrition & Metabolic Disease

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Received 2017-08-24
Accepted 2017-08-24
Published 1982-02-27