PMID- 29302551
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220311
IS  - 2249-4863 (Print)
IS  - 2278-7135 (Electronic)
IS  - 2249-4863 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 2
DP  - 2017 Apr-Jun
TI  - Prevalence of severe acute malnutrition and associated sociodemographic factors 
      among children aged 6 months-5 years in rural population of Northern India: A 
      population-based survey.
PG  - 380-385
LID - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_421_16 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-3 documented that nearly 57 
      million children are undernourished in India, which is one-third of the world's 
      share. We planned a study to identify the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition 
      (SAM) among children aged <5 years in a rural population of Northern India. 
      MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at 2 blocks of 
      District Meerut during 2012-2014. A total of 70 villages were identified and all 
      children in the age group 6-60 months were approached through house-to-house 
      visits. Data on sociodemographic profile and anthropometry were collected 
      utilizing standards methods and equipment. The Z-scores for weight-for-age, 
      height-for-age, and weight-for-height (WHZ) were calculated using the World 
      Health Organization (WHO) reference data as standard. SAM (severe wasting) was 
      defined as per the WHO criteria (WHZ score <-3 standard deviation or severe 
      visible wasting or bipedal edema). RESULTS: A total of 19,449 children were 
      screened and 18,463 children (age, 32.6 +/- 15.4 years, and 53.4% males) were 
      enrolled, and 466 were excluded due to erroneous age estimation and physical 
      deformities. The prevalence of SAM was 2.2%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 
      2.02-2.44%, (409/18,463). Multivariate logistic regression documented age (odds 
      ratio [OR]: 0.97, 95% CI 0.96-0.98), nuclear family (OR: 1.25, 95% CI 1.01-1.54), 
      lower occupation of head of family (OR: 1.29, 95% CI 1.05-1.59), and lower 
      paternal education (OR: 1.49, 95% CI 1.16-1.91) as independent predictor of SAM. 
      CONCLUSION: The prevalence of SAM was lower (2.2%) in this Northern district of 
      India as compared to national prevalence (7.9%). Younger age, nuclear family, 
      lower parental education, and poor occupation of the head of the family 
      predispose a child to SAM.
FAU - Bhadoria, Ajeet Singh
AU  - Bhadoria AS
AD  - Department of Clinical Research, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New 
      Delhi, India.
FAU - Kapil, Umesh
AU  - Kapil U
AD  - Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of 
      Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
FAU - Bansal, Rahul
AU  - Bansal R
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar 
      Pradesh, India.
FAU - Pandey, R M
AU  - Pandey RM
AD  - Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 
      India.
FAU - Pant, Bhawana
AU  - Pant B
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar 
      Pradesh, India.
FAU - Mohan, Amit
AU  - Mohan A
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar 
      Pradesh, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - J Family Med Prim Care
JT  - Journal of family medicine and primary care
JID - 101610082
PMC - PMC5749090
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Nutritional indicators
OT  - severe acute malnutrition
OT  - under 5 children
COIS- There are no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2018/01/06 06:00
MHDA- 2018/01/06 06:01
PMCR- 2017/04/01
CRDT- 2018/01/06 06:00
PHST- 2018/01/06 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/01/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/01/06 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - JFMPC-6-380 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_421_16 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Family Med Prim Care. 2017 Apr-Jun;6(2):380-385. doi: 
      10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_421_16.