Berat badan lahir rendah (BBLR) dengan kejadian stunting pada anak usia 6-24 bulan
Abstract: Stunting is one of
the main problems of malnutrition often found in under-five children. The
impacts include a delay in child’s growth, low endurance, lack of intelligence
and productivity. The direct factors that influence the incidence of stunting
are low birth weight (LBW) while the indirect factors are socioeconomic factors
such as maternal education, low family income and a large number of family
members.
Objective: To analyze the relationship between LBW and the incidence of
stunting in children aged 6-24 months in Yogyakarta Municipality.
Method: This was a case-control study. The subjects were children aged
6-24 months with a group of cases comprising stunted children based on the
indicator of height/age with a cut-off < -2 SD Z-score and the control group
comprising normal children. The number of subjects for the study was 242 with
the under-five children’s mothers as the research respondents. The sample
selection used non-probability sampling with a consecutive sampling method. The
data were analyzed by Chi-Square and multiple logistic regression.
Results: The proportion of children 6-24 months who had low birth weight
was 15.7 %. There was a significant relationship between LBW and the incidence
of stunting in children aged 6-24 months (OR=5.60; 95%CI:2.27 to 15.70). There
was a relationship between maternal height and the incidence of stunting in
children aged 6-24 months (OR=2.14; 95%CI:1.08 to 4.33). Socioeconomic factors
(maternal education, family income and a number of family members) did not have
a significant relationship with the incidence of stunting.
Conclusion: LBW had a relationship with the incidence of stunting in
children aged 6-24 months in Yogyakarta Municipality.
Keywords: stunting; low birth
weight; children aged 6-24 months
Penulis: Darwin Nasution
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd140746
