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TURNITIN_STUNTING WAS ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTED MORBIDITY PARENTAL EDUCATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IN 0 5 TILL 12 YEARS OLD INDONESIAN CHILDREN
Stunting is highly prevalent in Indonesian children. The objective of this study was to
identify the associations of stunting with morbidity, parental education and socioeconomic status
(SES) in Indonesian children. The study population was part of the South East Asian Nutrition
Surveys (SEANUTS). A total of 2236 Indonesian children aged 0.5 to 12 years, who had participated
in the SEANUTS, were included in this study. Stunting was defined as height for age Z-score
(HAZ) ≤ −2 using WHO criteria and severe stunting as HAZ ≤ −3. Information on morbidity,
parental education and family SES were collected by structured questionnaires. ANOVA was used
for evaluating differences across groups, with or without correction for confounders. The results
showed that the overall prevalence of stunting was 31.4%. HAZ in stunted children was associated
with disease incidence, including frequency, parental education and family income. There were
no significant differences in HAZ values in stunted children with one or more bouts of infectious,
digestive tract or respiratory tract illnesses compared to stunted children with no reported illness.
The prevalence of stunting in Indonesian children was high and was strongly associated with child
morbidity, parental education and SES.
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