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Underweight children older than 5 years with sickle cell anemia are at risk for early mortality in a low-resource setting

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Key Points • Underweight children aged 5 to 12 years and with SCA are at risk for early death in a low-resource setting.• Weight-for-age z score is a simple measure… Click to show full abstract

Key Points • Underweight children aged 5 to 12 years and with SCA are at risk for early death in a low-resource setting.• Weight-for-age z score is a simple measure to screen children older than 5 years with SCA at risk for death in a low-resource setting.

Keywords: low resource; risk early; underweight children; resource setting

Journal Title: Blood Advances
Year Published: 2022

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