[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.
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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.