Associations of Suboptimal Growth with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Children under Five Years: A Pooled Analysis of Ten Prospective Studies

Autor: Katz, J., Sommer, A., Garenne, M., Ezzati, M., Black, R.E., Adair, L., Olofin, I., Penny, M.E., McDonald, C.M., Kirkwood, B., Danaei, G., West Jr., K.P., Arifeen, S., Caulfield, L.E., Flaxman, S., M��lbak, K., Bhandari, N., Fawzi, W.W.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
DOI: 10.17615/a4p2-x882
Popis: Background: Child undernutrition affects millions of children globally. We investigated associations between suboptimal growth and mortality by pooling large studies. Methods: Pooled analysis involving children 1 week to 59 months old in 10 prospective studies in Africa, Asia and South America. Utilizing most recent measurements, we calculated weight-for-age, height/length-for-age and weight-for-height/length Z scores, applying 2006 WHO Standards and the 1977 NCHS/WHO Reference. We estimated all-cause and cause-specific mortality hazard ratios (HR) using proportional hazards models comparing children with mild (-2���Z
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