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Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 4 Correlation between diastolic function by TDI and anthropometric measurements of the studied children with SAM before and after nutritional rehabilitation

From: Assessment of left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions in severely malnourished children

Parameter

Diastolic functions

Before rehabilitation

After rehabilitation

r

P-value

r

P-value

WAZ score

–

–

0.556

0.002**

HAZ score

−0.236

0.210

0.417

0.024*

MUAC z score

–

–

0.379

0.042*

WHZ z score

–

–

0.379

0.042*

Head circumference for age z score

−0.240

0.202

0.288

0.130

Edema

0.173

0.362

  
  1. Spearman bivariate correlation
  2. N.B. correlation cannot be computed for WAZ score, MUAC zscore, WHZ score because all cases have the same score (constant score)
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