Open AccessInfant Stunting Is Associated With Short Maternal Stature
Author(s) -
Hambidge K. Michael,
Mazariegos Manolo,
Kindem Mark,
Wright Linda L.,
CristobalPerez Christina,
JuárezGarcía Lucrecia,
Westcott Jamie E.,
Goco Norman,
Krebs Nancy F.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.206
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1536-4801
pISSN - 0277-2116
DOI - 10.1097/mpg.0b013e3182331748
Subject(s) - medicine , short stature , pediatrics , linear growth , population , demography , environmental health , mathematics , sociology
The objectives were to determine the range of maternal height associated with growth velocity of older infants and the magnitude of this association in an indigent population. Maternal height and infant length‐for‐age z scores (LAZ) were positively correlated at both 6 (n = 412, r = 0.324) and 12 (n = 388, r = 0.335) months ( P < 0.0001) and for maternal heights from 131 to 164 cm. Maternal height is independently associated with infant LAZ and stunting (LAZ <−2) at both 6 and 12 months ( P < 0.001) and with linear growth velocity from 6 to 12 months ( P = 0.0023).