PURPOSE: Body mass index (BMI) is an inadequate measure of nutritional status in @entity1 and adolescents with @entity5 as it does not distinguish muscle from adipose tissue. However, arm anthropometry offers simple assessments of fat mass and lean body mass; especially valuable in low- and middle-income countries where the great majority of young @entity1 with @entity5 live and access to sophisticated expensive measures of body composition is markedly limited. METHODS: The nutritional status of 75 long-term survivors of @entity981 was assessed by arm anthropometry, in addition to BMI, in a cross-sectional cohort study. Normal ranges for @entity272 ( @entity272 , a surrogate for fat mass) and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC, a surrogate for lean body mass) were between the 15th and 85th percentiles for age and sex. Overweight/ @entity28 was classified as a @entity272 >85th percentile and @entity6288 as an MUAC   <15th percentile. Height normalized indices for @entity272 and MUAC were also calculated. RESULTS: Overweight/ @entity28 was identified in 1/3 of subjects by a BMI >25 and by @entity272 ; and 20% of the subjects had a @entity272 >95th percentile. Only two subjects were sarcopenic. None met the combined criteria for @entity28 . @entity272 and MUAC/height indices did not add sensitivity to identification of @entity6288 or @entity28 . CONCLUSIONS: @entity272 is a useful measure of overweight/ @entity28 in this population, but MUAC does not identify a notable proportion with @entity6288 . Further resolution may be provided by more sophisticated measures of body composition.

Anthropometry in Long-Term Survivors of XXXX in Childhood and Adolescence.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'people'] @entity981 :: ('MESH:D054198', 'Disease') :: ['acute lymphoblastic leukemia'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obesity', 'sarcopenic obesity'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity6288 :: ('MESH:D055948', 'Disease') :: ['sarcopenia'] @entity272 :: ('MESH:D012871', 'Disease') :: ['TSFT', 'triceps skin fold thickness']
@entity981 :: (MESH:D054198,Disease) :: ['Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia']
