title: [Sociodemographic conditions and nutritional status of children under 1 year old in peripherical areas of Guadalajara, México].
abstract: A random population sample was studied with a view to determining the proportion of children of less than on year of age whose weight is less than the minimum adequate weight (MAW) for their age, as well as to identifying factors of a socio-demographic nature that could be associated with this problem and the socio-sanitary importance of these factors. The sample studied was of children of less than one year of age, born between 05/01/1990 and 04/30/1991, whose mothers were entitled to the services of the Mexican Institute of Social Security, in Tlaquepaque and Tonalá, municipalities adjacent to the Metropolitan Zone of Guadalajara, the second most important city in Mexico. The ponderal assessment of the infants was performed on the basis of tables which the Latin-American Perinatology Center had developed for this purpose. Through the use of logistic regression, Odds Ratios (OR) were estimated, with 90% confidence intervals (CI). The model thus prepared was adjusted by means of the H* statistics. Likewise, the population's attributable risk (PAR) was calculated, as well as the probability that a child would not reach the MAW for its age, in the presence or absence of particular risk factors. The results indicate that nearly one fifth of the infants studied do not reach MAW.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Instituto Regional de Investigación en Salud Publica, Universidad de Guadalajara, México.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Vega
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008800:Mexico; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011204:Poverty Areas; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Condiciones sociodemograficas y estado nutricional de niños menores de un año en areas perifericas de Guadalajara, México.