Prevalence and Predictors of Malnutrition among Guatemalan Children at 2 Years of Age.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the prevalence and predictors of malnutrition among 2-year old children in the Western Highlands of Guatemala.

Methods

Prospective cohort of 852 Guatemalan children in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala followed from birth to age 2 from May 2008 to December 2013. Socio-demographic, anthropometric, and health data of children was collected at 2 month intervals.

Results

Among the 402 males and 450 females in the cohort, mean weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ) declined from -0.67 ± 1.01 at 1 year to -1.07 ± 0.87 at 2 years, while mean height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) declined from -1.88 ± 1.19 at 1 year to -2.37 ± 0.99 at 2 years. Using multiple linear regression modeling, number of children <5 years old, vomiting in the past week, fever in the past week, and WAZ a

SUBMITTER: Nagata JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5091788 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature