Risk factors of stunting (chronic undernutrition) of children aged 6 to 24 months in Mekelle City, Tigray Region, North Ethiopia: An unmatched case-control study

Autor: Natnael Etsay, Kidanemaryam Berhe, Yemane Gebremariam, Omer Seid, Almaz Berhe
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Male
Epidemiology
Physiology
Geographical Locations
Families
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Medicine and Health Sciences
Odds Ratio
Prevalence
Childbirth
Medicine
Birth Weight
030212 general & internal medicine
Children
Growth Disorders
Multidisciplinary
Physiological Parameters
Child
Preschool
Female
medicine.symptom
Research Article
Diarrhea
Science
Birth weight
Mothers
03 medical and health sciences
Environmental health
Humans
Nutrition
030109 nutrition & dietetics
business.industry
Malnutrition
Body Weight
Case-control study
Biology and Life Sciences
Infant
Odds ratio
Anthropometry
medicine.disease
Diet
Low birth weight
Logistic Models
Socioeconomic Factors
Age Groups
Medical Risk Factors
Case-Control Studies
People and Places
Africa
Population Groupings
Ethiopia
business
Body mass index
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 6, p e0217736 (2019)
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: IntroductionIn 2014, 159 million under 5 year-old children were stunted (suffered chronic undernutrition) worldwide. Identifying risk factors for stunting among 6 to 24 month-age children in Mekelle City is important for evidence-based interventions.MethodCase-Control study design was undertaken in 330 children, from January to February 2016. World Health Organization (WHO) anthropometric software and statistical package for social sciences version 20 were used for analysis. Logistic regression analysis was applied.ResultThe following were identified as risk factors for stunting: mother's lack of formal education (adjusted odds ratio (AOR = 6.4)), mother height less than 150cm (AOR = 4.2), mother with a body mass index less than 18.5 kg/m2 (AOR = 3.8), childbirth weight less than 2.5kg (AOR = 5.3), household with two and above under-five children (AOR = 2.9), a WHO diet diversity score < 4 (AOR = 3.2) and repeated diarrheal episodes (AOR = 5.3).ConclusionThe factors associated with stunting among children aged 6 to 24 months are no formal education in mother, mother height less than 150cm, low BMI of the mother, low birth weight, low WHO DDS, number of under 5 children in the household and repeated diarrheal episodes. Nutritional interventions should give emphasis to maternal education, maternal nutrition, childbirth weight, family size, diet diversity, and diarrheal diseases.
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