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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
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インドにおける母体の身長と幼児死亡率,人体測定機能不全,貧血との関連
S V Subramanian1, Leland K Ackerson, George Davey Smith
1Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. svsubram@hsph.harvard.edu
JAMA
|April 23, 2009
まとめ
母親の身長は,子供の健康の重要な予測要因です. 背の高い母親は,死亡率,栄養失調,貧血のリスクが低い子供を産み,世代間の健康関連性を強調しています.
科学分野:
- 世界的な子どもの健康
- 母親と子供の健康について
- 小児の栄養と成長について
背景:
- 子どもの健康に影響を与える世代間の要因に関する研究は限られている.
- これまでの研究は,母親の行動や食事などの同時発生の危険因子に焦点を当てていた.
研究 の 目的:
- 母親の身長と幼児死亡率の関連性を調査する.
- 母親の身長と子供の人体測定機能不全 (体重不足,発育不全,衰弱) と貧血との関連を調べる.
主な方法:
- インドにおける2005-2006年の全国家族健康調査 (National Family Health Survey in India) のデータを活用し,全国的に代表的なサンプルを採取した.
- 0~59ヶ月の独身児とその母親 (15~49歳) を含む.
- 修正されたポアソン回帰モデル,調査設計とサンプリング重量の会計を採用した.
主要な成果:
- 母親の身長が1cm増加すると,幼児死亡率,体重不足,発育不全,衰弱,貧血のリスクが低下するとの関連がありました.
- 145cm未満の母親の子どもは,160cm以上の母親の子どもと比較して,死亡する確率が1.71倍高かった.
- 父親の身長は,子供の人体測定機能不全と関連しているが,死亡率や貧血は関連していない.
結論:
- 母親の身長は,インドの幼児死亡率と人体測定の失敗と逆に関連しています.
- この研究は,子どもの健康における世代間の要因の重要性を強調しています.
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