Associated factors of undernutrition in children with congenital heart disease: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the prevalence and associated factors of undernutrition among children with congenital heart disease (CHD) who have not undergone surgeries in China.

Methods

This cross-sectional study included 734 CHD children along with their parents. The outcome of interest was undernutrition, including underweight, wasting, and stunting, defined as Z-scores (i.e., weight-for-age, weight-for-height, and height-for-age) ≤-2, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) growth standard. Exposures of interest, containing demographics, obstetric factors, maternal dietary factors, parents' life behaviors and habits, birth-related factors, cardiac-related factors, and preoperative factors, were analyzed using a multivariate logistic regression model to test thei

SUBMITTER: Ruan X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10859474 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature