title: [Risk factors in the occurence of short stature of preschool children].
abstract: A case-control study was conducted to know the magnitude of the effect of main risk factors for short stature of pre-school children in a city in São Paulo State, in 1995. An anthropometric survey carried out with all children (1201) attending public pre-school classes was used to select the case and the control groups. It was selected a random sample of 165 children among those with stature/age (-1 z score (case) and another sample of 165 among those with stature/age ( +1 z score (control). The mothers or persons responsible for these children were interviewed in order to obtain information on demographic, maternal and socio-economic variables. The multiple logistic hierarchical analysis showed the following variables as associated with pre school children's short stature: mother's educational level (OR = 2,1; CI: 1,1-3,8); per capita family income (0,5 SM (OR = 3,4; CI: 1,5-8,0); number of persons in the house (6 (OR = 3,7; CI: 1,5-9,0); number of domestic equipment (1 (OR = 4,4; CI: 1,8-10,7 ); birth length <48 cm (OR = 7,4; CI: 2,3-23,7 ), mother's stature ( 156,6 cm (OR = 5,9 CI 3,1-11,0) and father's stature (169,5 cm (OR = 4,2; CI: 2,1-8,6). We found that even in a population of preschool children without nutritional deficiency (as measured by the usual anthropometric index) it is possible to observe the effect of socio economic variables in children stature.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa s/no, CCBS III, Campus Universitário, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, 78060-900, Brasil. lvguima@zaz.com.br
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Latorre
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Barros
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014504:Urban Health