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Effects of parental stature on child stunting in India
Journal of Biosocial Science ( IF 2.148 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-19 , DOI: 10.1017/s0021932021000304
Amrita Gupta 1 , John Cleland 2 , T V Sekher 3
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Adult heights in India are short. Child stunting remains high though the prevalence fell from 48% to 38% in the decade prior to 2016. This study assesses the links between parental height and child stunting using nationally representative data on 28,975 under-five-year-old children from the 2015–16 National Family Health Survey. Parental heights are represented as quintiles. Logistic regression was applied to estimate the effect of parental heights after adjustment for household wealth, parental schooling, place of residence and other covariates. The unadjusted estimates showed the effect on stunting to be similar for maternal height, wealth and education. In the multivariate analysis maternal height emerged as the strongest predictor of stunting, with adjusted odds of 2.85 for the shortest compared with the tallest quintile. The two other strong predictors of stunting were paternal height and wealth, with adjusted odds of close to 2.0 for the lowest quintile relative to the highest quintiles. In comparison, associations between stunting and other factors were minor, with the partial exception of mother’s education. The findings underscore the key role of intergenerational influences on stunting. Maternal height has a stronger association with childhood stunting than paternal height and socioeconomic influences such as education and household wealth. The influence of paternal height is also strong, equal in magnitude to household wealth. Health workers need to be alerted to the special needs of short women.



中文翻译:

父母身高对印度儿童发育迟缓的影响

印度的成人身高很矮。尽管在 2016 年之前的十年中,儿童发育迟缓的患病率从 48% 下降到 38%,但儿童发育迟缓仍然很高。本研究使用 2015 年至 28,975 名 5 岁以下儿童的全国代表性数据评估父母身高与儿童发育迟缓之间的联系。 16 全国家庭健康调查。父母身高以五分位数表示。在调整家庭财富、父母教育程度、居住地和其他协变量后,应用逻辑回归估计父母身高的影响。未经调整的估计显示,孕产妇身高、财富和教育对发育迟缓的影响相似。在多变量分析中,母亲身高成为发育迟缓的最强预测因素,与最高五分之一相比,最短的调整几率为 2.85。发育迟缓的另外两个强有力的预测因素是父亲的身高和财富,最低五分之一相对于最高五分之一的调整几率接近 2.0。相比之下,发育迟缓与其他因素之间的关联较小,部分例外是母亲的教育。研究结果强调了代际影响对发育迟缓的关键作用。与父亲身高和教育和家庭财富等社会经济影响相比,母亲身高与儿童发育迟缓的关联性更强。父亲身高的影响也很大,与家庭财富的大小相等。需要提醒卫生工作者注意矮个子女性的特殊需求。发育迟缓与其他因素之间的关联很小,除了母亲的教育程度之外。研究结果强调了代际影响对发育迟缓的关键作用。与父亲身高和教育和家庭财富等社会经济影响相比,母亲身高与儿童发育迟缓的关联性更强。父亲身高的影响也很大,与家庭财富的大小相等。需要提醒卫生工作者注意矮个子女性的特殊需求。发育迟缓与其他因素之间的关联很小,除了母亲的教育程度之外。研究结果强调了代际影响对发育迟缓的关键作用。与父亲身高和教育和家庭财富等社会经济影响相比,母亲身高与儿童发育迟缓的关联性更强。父亲身高的影响也很大,与家庭财富的大小相等。需要提醒卫生工作者注意矮个子女性的特殊需求。父亲身高的影响也很大,与家庭财富的大小相等。需要提醒卫生工作者注意矮个子女性的特殊需求。父亲身高的影响也很大,与家庭财富的大小相等。需要提醒卫生工作者注意矮个子女性的特殊需求。

更新日期:2021-07-19
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