Factors Associated With Child Stunting, Wasting, and Underweight in 35 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Evidence on the relative importance of various factors associated with child anthropometric failures (ie, stunting, underweight, and wasting) and their heterogeneity across countries can inform global and national health agendas.

Objective

To assess the relative significance of factors associated with child anthropometric failures in 35 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study of 299 353 children who were born singleton and aged 12 to 59 months with nonpregnant mothers and valid anthropometric measures assessed the strengths of associations of 26 factors with child stunting, underweight, and wasting, using Demographic and Health Surveys (2007-2018) from 35 LMICs. Data analysis was conducted from

SUBMITTER: Li Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7177203 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature