降雨和温度模式对热带地区儿童线性成长的影响:系统审查和元分析
Derese Tamiru Desta1, Tadesse Fikre Teferra1,2, Samson Gebremedhin3
1School of Nutrition, Food Science and Technology, Hawassa University, Hawassa P.O. Box 05, Ethiopia.
International journal of environmental research and public health
|October 26, 2024
概括
天气模式在热带地区显著影响儿童成长. 降雨量增加有助于线性生长,而较高的温度与生长减少和增长迟缓风险增加有关.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
- 全球健康 全球健康
背景情况:
- 热带地区儿童营养不良是一个持续的全球卫生挑战.
- 现有的研究还没有全面详细说明天气模式对儿童成长的影响.
- 了解这些环境影响对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 综合和估计降雨和温度模式对热带地区五岁以下儿童线性生长的影响.
- 确定气候变化如何影响幼儿迟缓发育的风险.
- 为公共卫生战略提供证据,以解决热带气候下的儿童成长问题.
主要方法:
- 一个系统的审查和对41项研究的元分析 (最初选的829项中) 满足了纳入标准.
- 聚合了标准化回归系数 (β),以估计降雨和温度对线性增长的影响大小.
- 创建了森林地块,以可视化效果大小估计和95%置信区间.
主要成果:
- 降雨量增加与儿童线性生长 (β = 0.049) 有着积极的关联,可能是通过改善粮食安全.
- 较高的温度与线性增长 (β = -0.039) 有负相关性,对增长产生负面影响.
- 在西非,温度模式和儿童发育迟缓之间发现了一个小的正相关性 (β = 0.064).
结论:
- 气候模式,包括降雨和温度,显著影响儿童的线性成长和热带地区的衰老风险.
- 这些影响是复杂的,由农业,粮食安全和疾病负担等因素介导.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明这些关系在不同的热带地区,考虑到温和因素.
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