Table 3.
Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), BMI, Pearson’s correlation coefficients and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) by individual study and for all studies combined
| Study ID | MUAC (cm) | BMI* (kg/m2) | BMI < 18·5 | Correlation coefficient | AUROC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min–Max | Mean | sd | Min–Max | Mean | sd | n | % | |||
| ARG | 21·3–48·0 | 28·7 | 3·6 | 17·6–45·8 | 24·0 | 3·8 | 3 | 1·5 | 0·85 | 0·98 |
| BAN | 18·2–39·0 | 25·5 | 3·1 | 14·4–44·7 | 21·0 | 3·7 | 190 | 29·2 | 0·84 | 0·90 |
| GUI-HIV | 11·6–42·2 | 26·0 | 4·4 | 11·3–45·7 | 20·3 | 4·3 | 391 | 37·4 | 0·87 | 0·95 |
| GUI-TBC | 20·2–47·2 | 29·9 | 4·3 | 16·2–50·9 | 24·7 | 4·8 | 31 | 4 | 0·85 | 0·91 |
| IND-BKW | 19·6–32·6 | 24·6 | 2·1 | 14·6–30·3 | 20·1 | 2·4 | 123 | 24·6 | 0·84 | 0·92 |
| IND-FSD | 14·5–37·1 | 22·7 | 3·2 | 12·7–32·9 | 19·6 | 3·7 | 153 | 45·9 | 0·80 | 0·91 |
| IND-IDU | 13·1–39·8 | 24·4 | 3·3 | 12·8–31·3 | 18·7 | 3·0 | 198 | 53·2 | 0·81 | 0·92 |
| IND-MSD | 13·6–39·4 | 25·0 | 2·9 | 11·6–33·5 | 20·3 | 3·3 | 156 | 32·9 | 0·84 | 0·92 |
| IND-ORA | 14·4–27·6 | 23·5 | 2·0 | 15·3–25·0 | 18·0 | 1·6 | 133 | 64·9 | 0·45 | 0·78 |
| IND-SDW | 14·5–43·6 | 23·4 | 3·1 | 9·0–50·8 | 21·7 | 4·1 | 231 | 23·3 | 0·72 | 0·89 |
| IND-UNI | 14·3–43·7 | 25·2 | 3·3 | 8·5–38·6 | 22·0 | 3·7 | 90 | 15 | 0·74 | 0·86 |
| MAL-HNW | 22·4–36·6 | 26·9 | 2·6 | 18·1–41·4 | 22·7 | 3·3 | 1 | 0·3 | 0·82 | 0·95 |
| MAL-HWW | 14·0–23·0 | 19·7 | 1·8 | 11·1–23·1 | 16·4 | 1·9 | 161 | 89 | 0·68 | 0·79 |
| NAM | 17·0–42·0 | 27·8 | 3·6 | 13·8–62·2 | 23·0 | 5·1 | 35 | 8·7 | 0·53 | 0·79 |
| SAF | 18·4–55·6 | 32·7 | 6·4 | 14·1–59·4 | 31·4 | 8·2 | 15 | 5·4 | 0·89 | 0·96 |
| USA-HIV | 20·3–57·0 | 31·8 | 5·1 | 15·3–57·1 | 26·5 | 5·7 | 17 | 3·1 | 0·86 | 0·98 |
| USA-IDU | 17·6–50·0 | 31·5 | 4·9 | 15·2–61·5 | 27·7 | 6·5 | 18 | 3·5 | 0·84 | 0·95 |
| VIE-FEM | 16·0–40·0 | 24·5 | 2·3 | 14·5–32·6 | 19·6 | 2·0 | 1545 | 31·4 | 0·84 | 0·91 |
| VIE-IDU | 17·5–34·5 | 25·5 | 2·7 | 13·5–31·7 | 20·2 | 2·4 | 78 | 26·3 | 0·80 | 0·88 |
| ZAM | 13·3–25·0 | 20·6 | 1·5 | 10·7–22·2 | 16·9 | 1·6 | 162 | 89 | 0·46 | 0·61 |
| COMBINED | 11·6–57·0 | 25·7 | 4·2 | 8·5–62·2 | 21·2 | 4·6 | 3731 | 28·4 | 0·85 | 0·91 |
*
Number of participants missing data on BMI: GUI-HIV (n 10), GUI-TBC (n 3), IND-IDU (n 2), MAL-HWW (n 5), NAM (n 3), SAF (n 4), USA-IDU (n 1), VIE-FEM (n 2).