RT Journal Article
T1 Extended composite index of anthropometric failure in Argentinean preschool and school children
A1 Bejarano, Ignacio F.
A1 Oyhenart, Evelia E.
A1 Torres, M.F.
A1 Cesani, María Florencia
A1 Garraza, Mariela
A1 Navazo, Barbara
A1 Zonta, María L.
A1 Luis, María A.
A1 Quintero, Fabián A.
A1 Dipierri, José Edgardo
A1 Alfaro, E.
A1 Román, Estela M.
A1 Carrillo, Rafael
A1 Dahinten, Silvia L. V
A1 Lomaglio, Delia Beatriz
A1 Menecier, Natalia
A1 Marrodán Serrano, Dolores
AB Objective:The Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) can only be applied to children under 5 years of age and does not contemplate obesity. The aim of this study was to propose an Extended CIAF (ECIAF) that combines the characterization of malnutrition due to undernutrition and excess weight, and apply it in six Argentine provinces.Design:ECIAF excludes children not in anthropometric failure (group A) and was calculated from a percentage of children included in malnutrition categories B: wasting only; C: wasting and underweight; D: wasting, stunting and underweight; E: stunting and underweight; F: stunting only; Y: underweight only; G: only weight excess; and H: stunting and weight excess.Setting:Cross-sectional study conducted in Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chubut, Jujuy, Mendoza and Misiones (Argentina).Participants:10 879 children of both sexes aged between 3 and 13·99.Results:ECIAF in preschool children (3 to 4·99 years) was 15·1 %. The highest prevalence was registered in Mendoza (16·7 %) and the lowest in Misiones (12·0 %). In school children (5 to 13·99 years) ECIAF was 28·6 %. Mendoza also recorded the highest rate (30·7 %), while Catamarca and Chubut had the lowest values (27·0 %). In the whole sample, about 25 % of the malnutrition was caused by undernutrition and 75 % by excess weight.Conclusions:The ECIAF summarizes anthropometric failure by both deficiency and excess weight and it highlights that a quarter of the malnutrition in the Argentine population was caused by undernutrition, although there are differences between Provinces (P < 0·05). ECIAF estimates are higher than those of CIAF or under-nutrition.
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 1475-2727
YR 2019
FD 2019-10-23
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12363
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12363
LA eng
NO Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
NO Secretaría de Ciencia y Tecnología. Universidad Nacional de Catamarca
NO Secretaría de Ciencia y Tecnología. Universidad de Santiago del Estero
DS Docta Complutense
RD 28 abr 2024