TY - JOUR T1 - The Relationship Between Child’s Malnutrition with Mother’s BMI and Child’s Sex TT - بررسی ارتباط BMI مادر Ùˆ جنس کودک با سوء تغذیه کودکان زیر 5 سال JF - KAUMS JO - KAUMS VL - 9 IS - 2 UR - http://feyz.kaums.ac.ir/article-1-145-en.html Y1 - 2005 SP - 57 EP - 62 KW - malnutrition KW - mother’s BMI KW - child’s sex N2 - Background : Due to controversies in etiology of malnutrition, mother’s BMI and child’s sex, the present study was conducted in order to determine the role of mother’s BMI and child’s sex on malnutrition of children younger than 5 years old that referred to health care centers in Kashan in 2002-2003. Materials and Methods : In a case-control study using cluster and random sampling,125 children with malnutrition based on weight for age using -2 standard deviations criteria NCHS (case group) and 125 children without malnutrition (control group), from 10 health centers in Kashan were enrolled during the study period. Mother’s BMI and child’s sex was compared in two groups. Case and control groups were matched in confounding variables. Information was obtained from medical records through interview . Results were judged with Chi- square, t-test and mantel haenszel. Also Odd's ratio and confidence interval were determined. Results : Results showed that matched factors such as maternal age, maternal employment, parity, birth weight and height, duration of breastfeeding and child age were similar in two groups. Mean mother’s BMI was significantly different in two groups (P M3 ER -