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Déficit estatural em crianças do povo Karapotó, São Sebastião, Alagoas, Brasil

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 34; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.rpped.2015.08.012

ISSN

1984-0462

Autores

Samara Bonfim Gomes Campos, Rísia Cristina Egito de Menezes, Maria Alice Araújo Oliveira, Danielle Alice Vieira da Silva, Giovana Longo‐Silva, Juliana Souza Oliveira, Leiko Asakura, Emília Chagas Costa, Vanessa Sá Leal,

Tópico(s)

Breastfeeding Practices and Influences

Resumo

To describe the prevalence of short stature among children of Karapotó ethnic background.Cross-sectional, population-based study that included children between 6 and 59 months of age from the Plak-Ô native village and the Terra Nova settlement, São Sebastião, Alagoas, carried out between 2008 and 2009. Short stature was evaluated by the Height/Age index, using as cutoff z score ≤-2. The prevalence of short stature was determined by comparing simple and relative frequencies. The population growth curves were compared to the WHO reference curves. Data analysis included the outcome variable: Height/Age and the predictor variables: place of residence, gender, age, anemia, birth weight, family income, maternal literacy. The chi-square test was used to compare the categorical variables, whereas the chi-square test with Yates correction was used for dichotomous variables, considering as statistically significant p-values≤0.05.The prevalence of short stature was 15.6% for children from the Terra Nova settlement and 9.1% for those from Plak-Ô native village. The prevalence of short stature among the Karapotó ethnicity was 13.4%. The variables: maternal literacy, family income and low birth weight were statistically associated with short stature.The observed short stature prevalence rates are significant, being characterized as a public health problem. Among the associated factors, the following are noteworthy: unfavorable conditions of maternal literacy, family income and low birth weight. The planning of strategies to reverse the situation must take such factors into consideration.

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