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

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

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Published in:PloS one 2016-11, Vol.11 (11), p.e0164772-e0164772
Main Authors: Nagata, Jason M, Gippetti, James, Wager, Stefan, Chavez, Alejandro, Wise, Paul H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Algorithms
Analysis
Anthropometry
Biology and Life Sciences
Body mass index
Body measurements
Child Nutrition Disorders - diagnosis
Child Nutrition Disorders - epidemiology
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Data processing
Demographics
Diabetes
Diarrhea
Drinking water
Education
Epigenetics
Female
Females
Fever
Food
Guatemala - epidemiology
Health Behavior
Heat affected zone
Humans
Low income groups
Male
Males
Malnutrition
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mobile communication systems
Nutrition
Nutritional status
Parent educational background
Pediatrics
People and Places
Physical Sciences
Prevalence
Primary care
Prognosis
Public health
Public Health Surveillance
Research and Analysis Methods
Social Behavior
Social Sciences
Systematic review
Vomiting
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Summary:To identify the prevalence and predictors of malnutrition among 2-year old children in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. 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. 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
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0164772