Anthropometric Indices

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Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• Birth weight alone is insufficient for identifying fetal nutritional status. — Detection of fetal malnutrition at birth using clinical assessment of nutritional status (CAN) score and anthropometric indices and its associated risk factors among term newborns in southern Ethiopia: facility-based cross-sectional study
• Anthropometric indices can help assess intrauterine growth but may fail to detect soft tissue depletion. — Detection of fetal malnutrition at birth using clinical assessment of nutritional status (CAN) score and anthropometric indices and its associated risk factors among term newborns in southern Ethiopia: facility-based cross-sectional study
• The study compared CAN score against birth weight, length, head circumference, mid-arm circumference, ponderal index, MAC/HC ratio, BMI, and birth size standards. — Detection of fetal malnutrition at birth using clinical assessment of nutritional status (CAN) score and anthropometric indices and its associated risk factors among term newborns in southern Ethiopia: facility-based cross-sectional study
• Newborns with fetal malnutrition had significantly lower average anthropometric values than newborns without fetal malnutrition, except length was not significantly different. — Detection of fetal malnutrition at birth using clinical assessment of nutritional status (CAN) score and anthropometric indices and its associated risk factors among term newborns in southern Ethiopia: facility-based cross-sectional study
• Ponderal index reflects newborn thinness, but thinness does not necessarily mean pathological wasting. — Detection of fetal malnutrition at birth using clinical assessment of nutritional status (CAN) score and anthropometric indices and its associated risk factors among term newborns in southern Ethiopia: facility-based cross-sectional study