Risk factors associated with diarrhoea were evaluated from a cross-sectional nutrition and health study in 1,620 Ecuadorian children less than 5 years old. Prevalence of diarrhoea was highest among children who were between 6 and 23 months old.
| Title | Nutritional and environmental risk factors for diarrhoeal diseases in Ecuadorian children |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1993 |
| Authors | Bruessow, H, Rahim, H, Barclay, D, Freire, WB, Dirren, H |
| Pagination | p. 137-142: 1 fig., 4 tab. |
| Date Published | 1993-01-01 |
| Keywords | anthropometry, child health, diarrhoeal diseases, ecuador, health impact, nutrition, safe water supply, sanitation |
| Abstract | Risk factors associated with diarrhoea were evaluated from a cross-sectional nutrition and health study in 1,620 Ecuadorian children less than 5 years old. Prevalence of diarrhoea was highest among children who were between 6 and 23 months old. In this age range prevalence was significantly associated with hygienic factors (quality of drinking water, sanitation and refuse system), but not with demographic factors (sex, altitude, population density, family size). Nutritional status only showed a statistically significant association with diarrhoea prevalence in children living under better hygienic conditions. There were significant associations between both sanitation levels and nutritional level as defined by anthropometry, but not by blood chemistry, and diarrhea persistence. |
| Notes | 26 ref. |
| Custom 1 | 203.1, 245.11 |
