title: Factors Associated with Acute Malnutrition among Children Admitted to a Diarrhoea Treatment Facility in Bangladesh.
abstract: To assess the risk factors for acute malnutrition (weight-for-height z-score (WHZ) < -2), a case-control study was conducted during June-September 2012 in 449 children aged 6-59 months (178 with WHZ < -2 and 271 comparing children with WHZ ≥ -2 and no edema) admitted to the Dhaka Hospital of icddr,b in Bangladesh. The overall mean ± SD age was 12.0 ± 7.6 months, 38.5% (no difference between case and controls). The mean ± SD WHZ of cases and controls was -3.24 ± 1.01 versus -0.74 ± 0.95 (P < 0.001), respectively. Logistic regression analysis revealed that children with acute malnutrition were more likely than controls to be older (age > 1 year) (adjusted OR (AOR): 3.1, P = 0.004); have an undernourished mother (body mass index < 18.5), (AOR: 2.8, P = 0.017); have a father with no or a low-paying job (AOR: 5.8, P < 0.001); come from a family having a monthly income of <10,000 taka, (1 US$ = 80 taka) (AOR: 2.9, P = 0.008); and often have stopped predominant breastfeeding before 4 months of age (AOR: 2.7, P = 0.013). Improved understanding of these characteristics enables the design and targeting of preventive-intervention programs of childhood acute malnutrition.
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
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authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.affiliation: Centre for Nutrition and Food Security, and Nutrition Unit, Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Tania
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authors.lastname: Sultana
authors.affiliation: Centre for Nutrition and Food Security, and Nutrition Unit, Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Tahmeed
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Centre for Nutrition and Food Security, and Nutrition Unit, Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iqbal Hossain
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