Postneonatal mortality caused by diarrhea: a case-control study

A matched case-control study was undertaken in Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de México. The goal of this study was to identify the risk factors for diarrheal disease in children between seven days and one year of age. We identified 63 case and 188 controls. The most important risk factors were: mother...

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Veröffentlicht in:Salud pública de México 1990-05, Vol.32 (3), p.261-268
Hauptverfasser: Garrido, F, Borges, G, Cárdenas, V, Bobadilla, J L, Ibarra, J, Ruiz-Matus, C
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Zusammenfassung:A matched case-control study was undertaken in Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de México. The goal of this study was to identify the risk factors for diarrheal disease in children between seven days and one year of age. We identified 63 case and 188 controls. The most important risk factors were: mother's age greater than 36 years with an odds ratis (OR) 3.7, lack of breastfeeding (OR 11.3), breast and bottle feeding (OR 5.4), lack of intradomiciliary sewage (OR 8.3), repeated episoded of disease (OR 8.6) and father's consumption alcoholic beverages (OR 3.6). The main possible paths by which these factors influence mortality are discussed. Specific interventions for some of the factors are proposed.
ISSN:0036-3634