Association between Infant- and Child-feeding Index and Nutritional Status: Results from a Cross-sectional Study among Children Attending an Urban Hospital in Bangladesh.
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2011-08
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Integration of infant- and child-feeding index (ICFI) addressing the multidimensional child-feeding practices
into one age-specific summary index is gaining importance. This cross-sectional study was aimed
at understanding the association between the ICFI and the nutritional status of 259 children, aged 6-23
months, who attended the paediatric outpatient department of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital
in Bangladesh. The mean length-for-age z-score (LAZ) of children aged 12-23 months was significantly
(p<0.05) higher among those who were at the upper ICFI tercile compared to those who were at the middle
or lower ICFI tercile (-2.01 and -3.20 respectively). A significant correlation was found between the ICFI and
the LAZ (r=0.24, p=0.01 and r=0.29, p=0.01) in children aged 6-8-months and 12-23-months. Multivariable
analysis, after adjusting for potential confounders, also found a significant association between the
ICFI and the LAZ (β=0.13, p=0.03). The predictive capability of the proposed ICFI on nutritional status of
children, especially length-for-age, needs to be further evaluated prospectively among healthy children
in the community.
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Cross-sectional studies, Child-feeding practices, Child nutrition, Child nutritional status, Infant- and child-feeding index, Infant-feeding practices, Infant nutrition, Infant nutritional status, Bangladesh
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Khatoon Tahmina, Mollah Md. Abid Hossain, Choudhury Ahmed Murtaza, Islam M. Munirul, Rahman Kazi Mizanur. Association between Infant- and Child-feeding Index and Nutritional Status: Results from a Cross-sectional Study among Children Attending an Urban Hospital in Bangladesh. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 2011 Aug; 29(4): 349-356.