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Arm circumference (Abdel-Rahman) 2 months–18 years

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  • Age: months. For years and months, enter e.g. 4y 5m.
  • Mid-upper arm circumference: cm. For inches, enter e.g. 7".
  • GA at birth (optional): weeks and days, e.g. 30 3/7. Results for the corrected age are then shown too.

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Abdel-Rahman 2017 arm circumference, 2 months to 18 years

U.S. children, 2 months to 18 years: mid-upper arm circumference. From NHANES 1999–2012; not a CDC-published chart, formerly listed as CDC arm circumference.

It is the same chart as before, renamed for its authors (Abdel-Rahman et al.).

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