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. 2016 Aug 16;11(8):e0159260. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159260

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).