Correlation of nutritional status of mothers and their children aged 6- 60 months
Joint Authors
Salim, Ma'ad B.
Hassan, Miad Kazim
Hamud, Muhannad Ali
Source
The Medical Journal of Basrah University
Issue
Vol. 28, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.41-50, 10 p.
Publisher
University of Basrah College of Medicine
Publication Date
2010-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Objectives : this study was conducted on 152 mother-child pairs; to look for the relationship of maternal nutritional status and iron status with that of their children.
Methods : Anthropometric data were obtained for mothers and their children and applied to appropriate charts to estimate weight for length Z score, weight for age Z score and height for age Z score for children, and body mass index was estimated for each mother.
Hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, serum iron, total iron binding capacity and transferrin saturation percentage were measured for 75 mother-child pairs.
Results : concerning children; 30 (19.8 %) have moderate and severe wasting, 44 (28.9 %) have moderate and severe underweight and 28 (18.4 %) were with moderate and severe stunting.
Nine mothers (6 %) were with underweight and protein-calorie malnutrition (body mass index ≤ 19 kg / m 2), while 62 (40.7 %) were obese.
There was a significant negative association between the age of the child and his / her hemoglobin level, mean corpuscular volume (P-value > 0.05) serum iron and transferrin saturation percentage (P-value < 0.01).
The study has revealed also that there was a significant positive association between the hematological parameters of children with the hematological parameters of their mothers, P value < 0.01.
Conclusion : the study didn’t reveal a significant association between the mothers' and the children's nutritional status parameters.
However, there was a highly significant association between the mothers' and the children's hematological parameters.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hamud, Muhannad Ali& Hassan, Miad Kazim& Salim, Ma'ad B.. 2010. Correlation of nutritional status of mothers and their children aged 6- 60 months. The Medical Journal of Basrah University،Vol. 28, no. 2, pp.41-50.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Salim, Ma'ad B.…[et al.]. Correlation of nutritional status of mothers and their children aged 6- 60 months. The Medical Journal of Basrah University Vol. 28, no. 2 (2010), pp.41-50.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-320810
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hamud, Muhannad Ali& Hassan, Miad Kazim& Salim, Ma'ad B.. Correlation of nutritional status of mothers and their children aged 6- 60 months. The Medical Journal of Basrah University. 2010. Vol. 28, no. 2, pp.41-50.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-320810
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 49-50
Record ID
BIM-320810