1. Importance of postmortem anthropometric evaluation in defining the role of malnutrition as a cause of infant and child deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: a cohort study
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Khatia Munguambe, Aryeh D Stein, Mahbubur Rahman, Sibone Mocumbi, Cynthia G Whitney, Meerjady Sabrina Flora, K Zaman, Mustafizur Rahman, Ariel Nhacolo, Usha Ramakrishnan, Cheick Bougadari Traore, Lucy Liu, Clara Menendez, Janet Agaya, Jane Juma, Tadesse Gure, George Aol, Dickson Gethi, Sanwarul Bari, Jeffrey P Koplan, Tacilta Nhampossa, Maria Maixenchs, Mohammed Kamal, Joseph Oundo, Tahmina Shirin, Addisu Alemu, Uma U Onwuchekwa, Awa Traore, Peter Otieno, John Blevins, Rima Koka, Kitiezo Aggrey Igunza, Nana Kourouma, Seydou Sissoko, Zachary J Madewell, Dianna M Blau, Shahana Parveen, Mahbubul Hoque, Saria Tasnim, Ferdousi Islam, Farida Ariuman, Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, Dilruba Ahmed, Alexander M Ibrahim, Fikremelekot Temesgen, Melisachew Mulatu Yeshi, Mahlet Abayneh Gizaw, Stian MS Orlien, Solomon Ali, Peter Nyamthimba Onyango, Richard Oliech, Joyce Akinyi Were, Thomas Misore, Harun Owuor, Christopher Muga, Bernard Oluoch, Christine Ochola, Sharon M Tennant, Carol L Greene, Ashka Mehta, J Kristie Johnson, Brigitte Gaume, Adama Mamby Keita, Karen D Fairchild, Diakaridia Kone, Diakaridia Sidibe, Doh Sanogo, Kounandji Diarra, Tiéman Diarra, Kiranpreet Chawla, Zara Manhique, Jana Ritter, Tais Wilson, Jakob Witherbee, Navit T Salzberg, Kyu Han Lee, Maureen Diaz, Jessica Waller, Shailesh Nair, Courtney Bursuc, Kristin LaHatte, Sarah Raymer, Solveig Argeseanu, Kurt Vyas, Manu Bhandari, Melissa F Young, Ferdousi Begum, Priya Mehta-Gupta Das, Parminder S Suchdev, ASM NawshadUddin Ahmed, Mischka Garel, and Jonas Winchell Ariel Nhacolo
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Medicine - Abstract
Objectives To evaluate how postmortem anthropometric malnutrition (PAM) measures align with expert panel attribution of malnutrition as a causal or significant condition in under-5 mortality (U5M).Design Cohort study using data from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance network, incorporating clinical records, postmortem anthropometrics, minimally invasive tissue sampling, clinical abstraction and verbal autopsy to determine multiple causes of death.Setting/participants 1405 deaths of children aged 1–59 months from six African countries between 2016 and 2023.Primary and secondary outcome measures PAM was determined using z-scores from the WHO Child Growth Standards: underweight (weight-for-age
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- 2025
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