title: [Risk factors of stunting in preschool children: a case-control study].
abstract: This article seeks to establish risk factors for mild and moderate stunting among preschool children attending public daycare centers. It involves a case-control study with 67 pairs of children. Cases defined as children with height/age between -1 and -2 Z-scores were paired with controls between -1 Z-score and the median, while cases with height/age < -2 Z-scores were paired with controls with height/age > median to +1 Z-score. The sex and age of the child was used for pairing purposes. The final model of hierarchical multivariate analysis indicated a greater chance of stunting in the following groups of preschoolers: family income < 1/2 Minimum Wage, squatted/courtesy house, number of individuals in the household ≥ 6, maternal age at child's birth < 20 years, low maternal stature, incomplete immunization program, low birth weight. Stunting is determined by adverse socioeconomic conditions and the characteristics of children reflecting health care (maternal height and child variables).
authors.forename: Dixis Figueroa
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Pedraza
authors.forename: Tarciana Nobre
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: de Menezes
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors