Research Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamics
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 6

Co-Relation between Anthropometry and Urinary Urea/Creatinine Ratio in Assessment of Nutritional Status

  • Author:
  • H.B. Rathi1,, Sashikala Kashyap2, A.K. Bansal3, R.S. Mohan1, A. Gopinath4, R. Kalita4, Akash Bansal4
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 414 to 417

1Dept. of Community Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur. 494001

2Dept. of Pathology, Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur, 494001

3Professor and HOD, Department of Community Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur, 494001

4Dept. of Biochemistry, Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur. 494001

*Corresponding Author: Dr. H.B. Rathi Dept. of Community Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur (Bastar)

Online published on 20 March, 2013.

Abstract

On analysis of the collected data the authors reached to the conclusion that on the basis of urinary Urea/Creatinine ratio alone, nutritional grading of children would have been impossible. Thus Urea/Creatinine ratio can be used only in conjunction with the anthropometric and clinical methods, if used alone then utility is of questionable nature.

Keywords

PEM, Urinary urea/Creatinine ratio