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From: Severely malnourished children with a low weight-for-height have similar mortality to those with a low mid-upper-arm-circumference: II. Systematic literature review and meta-analysis

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Forest plot of the RR in children diagnosed by WHZ-only relative to MUAC-only with and without oedema. Legend: IND India; NER Niger; SDN South Sudan; UGA Uganda; MWI Malawi; COD Democratic Republic of the Congo; SEN Senegal; KEN Kenya; CMR Cameroun; Ln RR natural log of relative risk; CI confidence intervals. In each of the forest plots “favours WHZ” indicates that the Relative Risk for death is higher in children with WHZ < − 3Z than with a MUAC of < 115 mm; “favours MUAC” indicates that the Relative Risk for death of children with a MUAC < 115 mm is higher than those with WHZ < − 3Z

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Nutrition Journal

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