Predictors of stunting, wasting and underweight among Tanzanian children born to HIV-infected women.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Children born to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women are susceptible to undernutrition, but modifiable risk factors and the time course of the development of undernutrition have not been well characterized. The objective of this study was to identify maternal, socioeconomic and child characteristics that are associated with stunting, wasting and underweight among Tanzanian children born to HIV-infected mothers, followed from 6 weeks of age for 24 months.

Subjects/methods

Maternal and socioeconomic characteristics were recorded during pregnancy, data pertaining to the infant's birth were collected immediately after delivery, morbidity histories and anthropometric measurements were performed monthly. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards met

SUBMITTER: McDonald CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3491141 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature