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Article: Estimating the influence of maternal height on under-five mortality in Nigeria.
Title | Estimating the influence of maternal height on under-five mortality in Nigeria. |
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Issue Date | 2014 |
Citation | African journal of reproductive health, 2014, v. 18, n. 1, p. 54-60 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This study uses a nationally representative data sample to assess the effect of maternal height as an intergenerational influence on under-five mortality. Data from the 2003 and 2008 Nigerian Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) (n = 41,005) selecting women aged 15 to 49 yrs whose most recent births were within 5 years (n = 23,568), were analyzed. The outcome measure was under-five mortality. Independent variables included maternal height categorized as > or = 63 inch, 61-62.9 inch, 59.1-60.9 inch, < 59.1 inch. Confounding factors were controlled for. A multivariable logistic regression was used to obtain odds ratio estimates along with their respective confidence interval. After adjusting for confounding factors, we found that each 1 inch increase in maternal height, was associated with a decreased odds of mortality OR 0.98 (95% CI 0.97-0.99). The OR of under-five mortality when comparing women > or = 63 inch versus women < 59.1 inch was 1.13 (95% CI 0.98-1.31). The population attributable fraction of child death due to maternal short stature was 0.36. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/327002 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.7 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.282 |
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dc.contributor.author | Enwerem, Ngozi Y. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Obirieze, Augustine C. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bishai, David M. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-31T05:28:05Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-31T05:28:05Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | African journal of reproductive health, 2014, v. 18, n. 1, p. 54-60 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1118-4841 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/327002 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study uses a nationally representative data sample to assess the effect of maternal height as an intergenerational influence on under-five mortality. Data from the 2003 and 2008 Nigerian Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) (n = 41,005) selecting women aged 15 to 49 yrs whose most recent births were within 5 years (n = 23,568), were analyzed. The outcome measure was under-five mortality. Independent variables included maternal height categorized as > or = 63 inch, 61-62.9 inch, 59.1-60.9 inch, < 59.1 inch. Confounding factors were controlled for. A multivariable logistic regression was used to obtain odds ratio estimates along with their respective confidence interval. After adjusting for confounding factors, we found that each 1 inch increase in maternal height, was associated with a decreased odds of mortality OR 0.98 (95% CI 0.97-0.99). The OR of under-five mortality when comparing women > or = 63 inch versus women < 59.1 inch was 1.13 (95% CI 0.98-1.31). The population attributable fraction of child death due to maternal short stature was 0.36. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | African journal of reproductive health | - |
dc.title | Estimating the influence of maternal height on under-five mortality in Nigeria. | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 24796169 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84901854676 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 18 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 54 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 60 | - |