Diagnostic Discordance

Comparisons

Highlighted claims

• Anthropometric indices and CAN score did not consistently classify the same newborns as malnourished. — 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
• Some appropriate- and large-for-gestational-age newborns were clinically malnourished despite normal or high birth size. — 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 CAN score found fetal malnutrition in newborns with normal BMI, so normal BMI did not rule out fetal malnutrition. — 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 MAC/HC ratio showed substantial disagreement with CAN score classification. — 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