[Risk factors for malnutrition in 0-59-month-old infants in 2 districts of Niger].
A nutritional survey by cluster sampling at 2 degrees, carried out in April 1987 within a range of action of 6 health structures in Niger, has permitted the calculation of the weight/height index among children aged from 0 to 59 months and the malnutrition rate, according to the socio-economic status, the demographic variables, the intercurrent diseases, the use of health departments, alimentary and weaning habits. The standardized rate of acute malnutrition for the age among of 0-59 months is 12.3%. The risk factors for acute malnutrition retained after logistical regression are the age groups of 6-17 months and 18-29 months, the areas of Guidan Roumdji, Tahoua, Tajae, Guidan Sori and the group of children that have contracted diarrhea during the 15 days preceding the survey.
Médecin épidémiologiste, Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris.
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D000886:Anthropometry; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003710:Demography; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007228:Infant Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009548:Niger / Q000453:epidemiology; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014886:Weaning
Facteurs de risque de la malnutrition chez les enfants de 0-59 mois dans deux arrondissements au Niger.