Prevalence and Predictors of Malnutrition among Guatemalan Children at 2 Years of Age

• Published in: PloS one 2016-11, Vol.11 (11), p.e0164772-e0164772
• Main Authors: Nagata, Jason M, Gippetti, James, Wager, Stefan, Chavez, Alejandro, Wise, Paul H
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Age; Algorithms; Analysis; Anthropometry; Biology and Life Sciences; Body mass index; Body measurements; Child Nutrition Disorders - diagnosis; Child Nutrition Disorders - epidemiology; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Data processing; Demographics; Diabetes; Diarrhea; Drinking water; Education; Epigenetics; Female; Females; Fever; Food; Guatemala - epidemiology; Health Behavior; Heat affected zone; Humans; Low income groups; Male; Males; Malnutrition; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mobile communication systems; Nutrition; Nutritional status; Parent educational background; Pediatrics; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Prevalence; Primary care; Prognosis; Public health; Public Health Surveillance; Research and Analysis Methods; Social Behavior; Social Sciences; Systematic review; Vomiting
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164772

To identify the prevalence and predictors of malnutrition among 2-year old children in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Prospective cohort of 852 Guatemalan children in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala followed from birth to age 2 from May 2008 to December 2013. Socio-demographic, anthropometric, and health data of children was collected at 2 month intervals. Among the 402 males and 450 females in the cohort, mean weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ) declined from -0.67 ± 1.01 at 1 year to -1.07 ± 0.87 at 2 years, while mean height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) declined from -1.88 ± 1.19 at 1 year to -2.37 ± 0.99 at 2 years. Using multiple linear regression modeling, number of children