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Vahabi N, Kazemnejad A, Fallah R. Length and weight growth trends for children less than two years old in Zanjan, Iran: Longitudinal modeling. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2016; 30 (1) :518-525
URL: http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-3720-en.html
Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. , kazem_an@modares.ac.ir
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Background: Growth failure in children less than five years old can lead to the serious complications such as increased mortality, learning difficulties or physical disability. The aim of this study was to investigate the non-organic factors affecting the growth trend in less than two years children living in Zanjan, Iran.

  Methods: This longitudinal study was conducted on a sample of 3566 children less than two years old in Zanjan. Weight and length growth trends were recorded as ordinal variables and analyzed by longitudinal marginal model.

  Results: About 12% (n=289) and 8% (n=212) of children had at least one decline/stagnation in the weight and length growth curve, respectively. Based on the marginal model, the effect of the child’s age and residence area on the weight and length growth trends were statistically significant (p<0.05).

  Conclusion: Given the relatively high prevalence of growth failure among studied children less than two years old in rural areas of Zanjan, raising the awareness of parents in rural areas about feeding and nutritional behaviors of children seems an important issue. Additionally, healthcare providers should mostly focus on monitoring the growth of children older than 12 months.

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