Hubungan Penilaian Status Gizi dengan Metode BMI (Body Mass Index) dan Metode LLA (Lingkar Lengan Atas) pada Anak Perempuan Usia 6-10 Tahun
Abstract: Overweight / obesity
and under-nutrition in children can cause problems; therefore, it is important for
us to correctly acknowledge nutritional value in children’s early age. To determine
nutritional status, WHO-NCHS
recommends Body Mass
Index (BMI); however,
it is difficult
to be used
routinely. The measurement of
mid-upper arm circumference is an easier way to assess children’s nutritional
value. This study tries to find out the relation between BMI and upper arm’s
circu mference in predicting nutritional status of children aged
6-10. The research
design is analytical
observational, whereas the
data were collected from
163 students of the Penabur
Christian Elementary School
6, in February
2009.The research subjects were 6 – 10 years old, 113 – 147 cm tall ,
21.3 – 53 kg in weight, and had 14.96 – 31.19 kg/m2 of BMI, and 16.5 – 31.2 cm
of mid-upper arm circumference. The result showed that children with BMI y =
19.1 (SD =
2.80), had LLA
x = 22.0
(SD = 2.88).
The form of
relation in simple
linear regression equation is BMI =
-0.703 + 0.898 LLA ** (p = 0.000). The strength of relation between BMI and
LLA is highly significant with r = 0.926 ** (p = 0.000). Children’s c ut off
point of mid-upper arm circumference
is 21.75 cm.
In conclusion, BMI has a strong correlation
to upper arm circumference in predicting nutritional status of girls aged 6-10
years old.
Penulis: Asyer, Iwan Budiman
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd100053
