Table 4. Weight class by height and MUAC class.
Weight (kg) | Height Only (cm) | MUAC SEVERE (MUAC < 115 mm) | MUAC MODERATE (115 ≤ MUAC < 125 mm) | MUAC NORMAL (MUAC ≥ 125 mm) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LOW | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | |
2 | 48.8 | 52.6 | 47.1 | 51.7 | 43.5 | 48.4 | 47.5 | 51.4 |
3 | 52.7 | 56.4 | 51.8 | 56.4 | 48.5 | 53.2 | 51.5 | 55.3 |
4 | 56.5 | 60.2 | 56.5 | 61.0 | 53.3 | 58.1 | 55.4 | 59.2 |
5 | 60.3 | 63.9 | 61.1 | 65.6 | 58.2 | 63.0 | 59.3 | 63.0 |
6 | 64.0 | 67.7 | 65.7 | 70.3 | 63.1 | 67.9 | 63.1 | 66.9 |
7 | 67.8 | 71.5 | 70.4 | 74.9 | 68.0 | 72.7 | 67.0 | 70.8 |
8 | 71.6 | 75.2 | 75.0 | 79.5 | 72.8 | 77.6 | 70.9 | 74.7 |
9 | 75.3 | 79.0 | 79.6 | 84.2 | 77.7 | 82.5 | 74.8 | 78.5 |
10 | 79.1 | 82.8 | 84.3 | 88.8 | 82.6 | 87.3 | 78.6 | 82.4 |
11 | 82.9 | 86.6 | 88.9 | 93.4 | 87.4 | 92.2 | 82.5 | 86.3 |
12 | 86.7 | 90.3 | 93.5 | 98.1 | 92.3 | 97.1 | 86.4 | 90.2 |
13 | 90.4 | 94.1 | 98.2 | 102.7 | 97.2 | 102.0 | 90.3 | 94.0 |
14 | 94.2 | 97.9 | 102.8 | 107.3 | 102.1 | 106.7 | 94.1 | 97.9 |
15 | 98.0 | 101.7 | 107.4 | 112.0 | 106.8 | 111.7 | 98.0 | 101.8 |
16 | 101.8 | 105.4 | 112.1 | 116.6 | 111.8 | 116.6 | 101.9 | 105.7 |
17 | 105.5 | 109.2 | 116.7 | 121.2 | 116.7 | 121.4 | 105.8 | 109.6 |
18 | 109.3 | 113.0 | 121.3 | 125.9 | 121.5 | 126.3 | 109.7 | 113.4 |
19 | 113.1 | 116.7 | 126.0 | 130.5 | 126.4 | 131.2 | 113.5 | 117.3 |
20 | 116.8 | 120.5 | 130.6 | 135.1 | 131.3 | 136.1 | 117.4 | 121.2 |
21 | 120.6 | 124.3 | 135.2 | 139.8 | 136.2 | 140.9 | 121.3 | 125.1 |
22 | 124.4 | 128.1 | 139.9 | 144.4 | 141.0 | 145.8 | 125.2 | 128.9 |
23 | 128.2 | 131.8 | 144.5 | 149.0 | 145.9 | 150.7 | 129.0 | 132.8 |
24 | 131.9 | 135.5 | 149.1 | 153.7 | 150.8 | 155.5 | 132.9 | 136.7 |
25 | 135.6 | 139.4 | 153.8 | 158.3 | 155.6 | 160.4 | 136.8 | 140.6 |
Caution: Extrapolation should be limited (indicated by gray shading) to 15% above (i.e. 126.5 cm) and 15% below (i.e. 43 cm) database height and to the lower limit of database weight (i.e. 3 kg).