Anthropometric indicators of nutrition status and morbidity
1981
Graitcer, Philip L. | Gentry, Eileen M. | Nichaman, Milton Z. | Lane, J. Michael
Weight and stature measurements obtained on 5400 Haitian children (3-59 months old) were examined for potential indicators of nutritional status and morbidity. The children studied were representative of the national under-5 population. The data indicate that the nutrition status of a preschool child, based on weight-for-height, is associated with the presence of recent symptoms of illness, fever, and diarrhea. Children with weight-for-height values less than a minus 2.0 Z-score had almost twice the prevalence of symptoms compared to those having Z-score values between plus and minus 1.0. This association did not hold when the prevalence of symptoms was compared to low height-for-age. (wz)
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