Nutritional status and growth of children and adolescents with and without cerebral palsy in eastern Uganda: A longitudinal comparative analysis.

Autor: Lukia Hamid Namaganda, Carin Andrews, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Stefan Peterson, Hans Forssberg, Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: PLOS Global Public Health, Vol 3, Iss 6, p e0001241 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2767-3375
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001241
Popis: There is a need to understand the growth and burden of malnutrition in children with cerebral palsy (CP) in order to design appropriate inclusive nutrition strategies. We compared the nutritional status and four-year longitudinal growth of a population-based cohort of children and adolescents (C&A) with CP (n = 97; 2-17 years; 55/42 M/F), and an age and sex matched group without CP (n = 91; 2-17y; 50/41 M/F) in rural Uganda. The cohorts were assessed in 2015 and 2019 for weight, height, social demographic characteristics, and feeding related factors. Nutritional status was determined using the World Health Organization (WHO) Z-scores. Wilcoxon sign rank and Mann-Whitney tests were used to test within and between group differences. Multivariable linear regression was used to determine predictors of the change in growth. Approximately two thirds (62/97 (64%)) of C&A with CP were malnourished (with
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