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NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN AIDS-AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS AND CONTROLS IN UGANDA

This study conducted in Uganda assessed the nutritional status of young children and their disease history in the 3-month period before the study. Two groups of children were randomly selected: the first group consisted of 105 children living in homes where a family member fell sick of AIDS, whereas the second group consisted of 100 children who were living in homes where nobody was affected by AIDS. Acute malnutrition (wasting) was rare. There was no difference in the severity of stunting in the two groups (Z scores, –2.1 versus –2.2, P = 0.70). In those children living in AIDS-affected homes, disease episodes were longer (15.7 versus 11.3 days, P = 0.014), but the frequency of disease occurrence was similar in both groups. Fifty-five percent of all children suffered from moderate to severe malnutrition (stunting). The high stunting rate in early childhood suggests a public nutritional intervention program is recommended.

Received November 4, 2005. Accepted for publication December 21, 2005.

Acknowledgments: The authors thank Jean Kipp for comments on the first draft of the manuscript.

Financial support: This study was funded by Canadian International Development Agency Grant S098/S4074-350.

^* Address correspondence to Walter E. Kipp, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 13-103 Clinical Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G3, Canada. E-mail: walter.kipp{at}ualberta.ca

Authors’ addresses: Andrea Bridge, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 13-103 Clinical Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G3, Canada. Walter Kipp, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 13-103 Clinical Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G3, Canada, e-mail: walter.kipp{at}ualberta.ca. Gian Jhangri, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 13-103 Clinical Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G3, Canada, e-mail: gian.jhangri{at}ualberta.ca. Lory Laing, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 13-103 Clinical Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G3, Canada, e-mail: lory.laing{at}ualberta.ca. Joseph Konde-Lule, Institute of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, e-mail: jkonde{at}iph.ac.ug.

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