Relationship between mid upper arm circumference and weight changes in children aged 6–59 months

Table 2 Characteristics of the three country cohorts

Location	Agency	Program start date	Program end date	Program admission criteria	Program discharge criteria	Data collected at each visit^a	Number of episodes
Ethiopia^b	SC-US	16/09/03	06/05/04	MUAC < 110 mm	WHM ≥ 80 %^c and MUAC ≥ 110 mm	MUAC Weight	431
Malawi^d	MoH	01/03/11	28/02/12	MUAC < 115 mm	MUAC ≥ 125 mm	MUAC Weight Morbidity	235
Bangladesh^b	Tdh	11/06/13	20/08/14	MUAC <115 mm	MUAC ≥ 115 mm andWHZ ≥ −3^e and weight gain > 15 %	MUAC Weight	264

^aHeights at admission and discharge were also recorded: ^bData collected in a service context: ^cThe NCHS reference was used; ^dData were collected as part of a research project: ^eWGS reference was used

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