Table 2.

Correlation between mid-upper-arm circumference, arm-to-height ratio and age, body weight, height and body mass index by gender.

	MUAC				AHtR
	Boys		Girls		Boys		Girls
	r	P	r	P	r	P	r	P
Age	0.347	<0.001	0.398	<0.001	0.003	0.889	−0.008	0.736
Weight	0.914	<0.001	0.888	<0.001	0.702	<0.001	0.621	<0.001
Height	0.603	<0.001	0.583	<0.001	0.212	<0.001	0.114	<0.001
BMI	0.908	<0.001	0.859	<0.001	0.879	<0.001	0.826	<0.001

MUAC = mid-upper-arm circumference; AHtR = arm-to-height ratio.