Wasting and stunting in young children in developing countries

• Register: ISRCTN
• Last refreshed on: 6 January 2020
• Main ID: ISRCTN89017827
• Date of registration: 21/08/2017
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Emergency Nutrition Network
• Public title: Wasting and stunting in young children in developing countries
• Scientific title: Children who are both wasted and stunted are also underweight and have a high risk of death – policy implications
• Date of first enrolment: 01/01/1992
• Target sample size: 1796991
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN89017827
• Study type: Observational
• Study design: Observational cross-sectional study (Other)
• Phase: Not Applicable

Countries of recruitment

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Contacts

• Name: Carmel Dolan

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria:
1. 6-59 month old children
2. Males and females

Exclusion criteria: Children over 59 months of age

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Nutrition
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Intervention(s)

A database of cross-sectional survey datasets containing data for almost 1.8 million children was compiled. This was analysed to determine the intersection between sets of wasted, stunted, and underweight children; the association between being wasted and being stunted; the severity of wasting and stunting in WaSt children; and the prevalence of WaSt by age and sex. An additional analysis of the WHO Growth Standards sought the maximum possible weight-for-age z-score for WaSt children.

Primary Outcome(s)

Overlap between wasted, stunted and underweight children as measured by <-2SD WHZ, HAZ, WAZ

Secondary Outcome(s)

Degree of concurrence i.e. <-2SDWHZ AND ,-2SDHAZ in children and by age (6-59 months) and by sex (male/female)

Secondary ID(s)

N/A

Source(s) of Monetary Support

United States Agency for International Development, 295 Grant Number: ENN AID-OFDA-G-15-00190 , Irish Aid

Ethics review

Status:
Approval date:
Contact:

This is an observational study so does not need ethical approval. All data was anonymous and was secondary and readily available for further analysis. There were no human or animal subjects.

Results

• Results available: Yes
• Date Completed: 01/12/2015