Risk factors of persistence diarrhea in children under 3 years in the south of Vietnam
- Author:
Tien Kim Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
persistence diarrhea
- MeSH:
Diarrhea;
Child;
Risk factors
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):15-17
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A case-control study was realized at children hospital No 1 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in order to identify the risk factors of diarrhoeal infants under 3 years of age. The cases were hospitalized with persistent diarrhoeal diagnosis according to World Health Organization standards. The controls were hospitalized cases without any diarrhoeal symptoms, being the same age and admitted to hospital at the same time as the case. The sample size was 140 cases and 164 controls. At the moment of inclusion, all the subjects were interviewed, examined and all the information about them were recorded in questionnaire forms by the well trained doctors. Epi info package was used for invariable analysis and Egret for multiple logistic regression, 37 factors were studied, but at the end of the analysis, only 6 factors were associated significantly with persistent diarrhea
