Empirical Analysis Of Anthropometric Measurements (A Case Study Of School Of Nursing And Midwifery FMC, Umuahia)
ABSTRACT
This work looked at
five (5) anthropometric measurements which are height (HT), skin fold (SF), arm
muscle circumference (AMC), mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) and weight (WT)
in order to determine which are best in the assessment of students' nutritional
status. The data were collected from school of Nursing and Midwifery FMC,
Umuahia. Principal Component Analysis which is a data reduction approach was
used to reduce the anthropometric measurements to fewer measurements. The study
revealed that the first three principal components were retained since they
accounted for nearly 80% of the total variation in the data. This further
explains that the 1 1 _1'.fll - ----_1 c_ ---------------- neignt, sKrnlcnu
anti anti muscle eireuHiieieiiee WhICH accounteu ior LJ.0 /0, 25.9% and 22.9% respectively
of the total variance, were the major anthropometric measurements needed for
the assessment of nutritional status. The study recommended these three
retained measurements for the assessment of the nutritional status. This will
help to reduce the time and cost that would have been incurred by making use of
the whole anthropometric measurements A further extension of the work can be
done by checking the relationship between these anthropometric measurements by
the use of a Bipiot.
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AMADI, M (2021). Empirical Analysis Of Anthropometric Measurements (A Case Study Of School Of Nursing And Midwifery FMC, Umuahia). Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Apr 24, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/empirical-analysis-of-anthropometric-measurements-a-case-study-of-school-of-nursing-and-midwifery-fmc-umuahia-7-2
MIRACLE, AMADI. "Empirical Analysis Of Anthropometric Measurements (A Case Study Of School Of Nursing And Midwifery FMC, Umuahia)" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 26 Nov. 2021, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/empirical-analysis-of-anthropometric-measurements-a-case-study-of-school-of-nursing-and-midwifery-fmc-umuahia-7-2. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
MIRACLE, AMADI. "Empirical Analysis Of Anthropometric Measurements (A Case Study Of School Of Nursing And Midwifery FMC, Umuahia)". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 26 Nov. 2021. Web. 24 Apr. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/empirical-analysis-of-anthropometric-measurements-a-case-study-of-school-of-nursing-and-midwifery-fmc-umuahia-7-2 >.
MIRACLE, AMADI. "Empirical Analysis Of Anthropometric Measurements (A Case Study Of School Of Nursing And Midwifery FMC, Umuahia)" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2021). Accessed 24 Apr. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/empirical-analysis-of-anthropometric-measurements-a-case-study-of-school-of-nursing-and-midwifery-fmc-umuahia-7-2