Déficit estatural nas crianças brasileiras: relação com condições sócio-ambientais e estado nutricional materno

Cadernos de Saúde Pública

Elyne M. Engstrom²  Luiz A. Anjos¹ 

[1] ,Fundação Oswaldo CruzRio de Janeiro RJ ,Brasil

关键词: Nutritional Status;    Body Height;    Children;    Social Conditions;    Anthropometry;    Estado Nutricional;    Estatura;    Crianças;    Condições Sociais;    Antropometria;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X1999000300013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The relationship between stunting in Brazilian children with their mother's nutritional status and their social-environmental situation was assessed in a probabilistic sample of the Brazilian population in 1989. Data from 12644 mother-son pairs were analyzed. Maternal nutritional status was classified based on the body mass index and stunting was identified in children with stature or length for age Z <= -2 of the American growth reference curve (NCHS). Stunting was observed in 14.4% of the children (15.9% of boys and 12.9% of girls) There was an inverse relationship between the level of stunting and maternal education, income and house living conditions. Children of illiterate mothers showed more stunting (OR = 17.2) than children whose mothers had had at least 9 years of formal education. Stunting was more frequently observed in children whose mothers were underweight (OR = 2.5), and who were from the first quartile of family income in comparison to the fourth quartile (OR = 11.0) and lived in the poorest living conditions (OR = 7.6). These results suggest a positive association between stunted children and underweight mothers.

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