Physical Status: The Use and Interpretation of Anthropometry - Report of a WHO Expert Committee (WHO

Physical Status: The Use and Interpretation of Anthropometry - Report of a WHO Expert Committee (WHO - OMS, 1995, 460 p.)

		(introduction...)
		WHO Expert Committee on Physical Status: The Use and Interpretation of Anthropometry
		Abbreviations
		1. Introduction
		2. Technical framework
		3. Pregnant and lactating women
		4. The newborn infant
		5. Infants and children
		6. Adolescents
		7. Overweight adults
		8. Thin adults
		9. Adults 60 years of age and older
		10. Overall recommendations
		Acknowledgements
		Annex 1 - Glossary of terms and abbreviations
		Annex 2 - Recommended measurement protocols and derivation of indices
		Annex 3 - Recommended reference data
		Selected WHO publications of related interest
		Back cover

The following abbreviations are used in this report:

AGA	appropriate-for-gestational-age
AMA	arm muscle area
AMC	arm muscle circumference
API	adequate ponderal index
BMI	body mass index
EF	etiological fraction
IUGR	intrauterine growth retardation
LBW	low birth weight
LGA	large-for-gestational-age
LMP	last menstrual period
LPI	low ponderal index
MUAC	mid-upper arm circumference
NCHS	National Center for Health Statistics
NHANES	National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
OR	odds ratio
PIH	pregnancy-induced hypertension
PPV	positive predictive value
ROC	receiver (or relative) operating characteristics
RR	relative risk
SD	standard deviation
SE	sensitivity
SF	symphysis-fundus (height)
SGA	small-for-gestational-age
SP	specificity
VLBW	very low birth weight