Maternal Characteristics Determine Stunting in Children of Less than Five Years of Age Results from a National Probabilistic Survey
| Autor: | Lucia Cuevas Nasu, Hortensia Moreno-Macias, Teresa Shamah-Levy, Eric Monterrubio-Flores, Marco Antonio Ávila-Arcos |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
education.field_of_study
malnutrition in children Under-five business.industry Dietary intake Population stunting lcsh:RJ1-570 Library science lcsh:Pediatrics Anthropometry Malnutrition in children medicine.disease Logistic regression maternal characteristics Obstetric history General Earth and Planetary Sciences Medicine Nutrition survey National Survey education business General Environmental Science Demography |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Medicine: Pediatrics, Vol 1, Pp 43-52 (2008) Clinical Medicine Insights: Pediatrics, Vol 1 (2008) |
| Popis: | Background Maternal nutrition and some variables are the main determining factors of birthweight and delayed intrauterine growth of children. Objective To explore the association between the mothers’ biological and sociodemographic characteristics, and the anthropometry status in children under five years of age. Design The population consisted of a sub-sample of 1,047 mother-and-child selected pairs from the probabilistic National Nutrition Survey, carried out in Mexico. Mother-and-child pairs included mothers aged 12 to 49 years, with children under five years of age. Data on sociodemographic characteristics, obstetric history, 24-hour recall dietary intake, and the women and children's anthropometry were collected. The association between maternal characteristics and children's anthropometry status was assessed using multiple logistic regression models. Result Nearly 16.7% of the children 2y). The height/age of the children was severely affected by maternal height and birth order. In addition, the interaction between socioeconomic level and maternal schooling had a marginal effect (p = 0.09) in the ≤2y group. On the other hand, whether the family received social services and the interaction between maternal height and a dichotomy urbanism variable were significant (p = 0.05) and (p < 0.01) respectively in >2y group. Conclusion Some biological and socioeconomic characteristics among mothers have a negative effect on their children's attained size, especially in the period between 2 and 5 years of age. |
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