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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1981 27(6):292-298; doi:10.1093/tropej/27.6.292
© 1981 by Oxford University Press
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Anthropometric Indicators of Nutrition Status and Morbidity

PHILIP L. GRAITCER, EILEEN M. GENTRY, MILTON Z. NICHAMAN and J. MICHAEL LANE

Nutrition Division, Bureau of Smallpox Eradication, Center for Disease Control Atlanta, Georgia 30333

Correspondence should be addressed to Philip L. Graitcer, Nutrition Division, Bureau of Smallpox Eradication, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, U.S.A.

Data from a nutrition survey indicate that the nutrition status of a preschool child based on weight-for-height is associated with the presence of recent symptoms of illness, fever, and diarrhea. Weight and stature measurements were obtained on 5,400 Haitian children ages 3–59 months, who were representative of the national under-5 population. Recent illness, fever, and diarrhea histories were obtained from the child's mother. Children with weight-for-height less than –2.0 z-score values had nearly double the prevalence of symptoms compared to those between ±1.0 z-score. This association did not hold when the prevalence of symptoms was compared to low height-for-age.


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