The Association Between Maternal Age at Childbirth and Child Nutritional Outcomes: A Cross-sectional Study From Serbian Roma Communities.

IF 1.4 Q3 PEDIATRICS Global Pediatric Health Pub Date : 2024-11-17 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1177/2333794X241298831

Jelena Čvorović

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Objectives. Extremes of maternal age at childbirth may influence child nutritional outcomes, but this is under-researched in Roma populations. Methods. The study was a secondary data analysis of Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys for Serbian Roma settlements and included 2564 children aged 0 to 59 months. Results. About 19% of children were stunted, 9% underweight, 16% were unwanted and born with a low birth weight. Logistic and linear regressions show that maternal age at childbirth had no association with either nutritional or growth outcomes of Roma children (P > .05). Instead, child characteristics: being born as a boy, low birth weight, unwanted, younger age, and maternal characteristics: short birth spacing, higher parity and low socioeconomic status were associated with children's malnutrition. Conclusion. Maternal age at childbirth per se does not increase the chances of poor child health outcomes, as the risks seem to be related more to individual child and maternal characteristics and maternal behavioral patterns.

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产妇分娩年龄与儿童营养结果之间的关系：塞尔维亚罗姆人社区横断面研究》。

目的。产妇分娩年龄的极端化可能会影响儿童的营养结果，但对罗姆人这一问题的研究不足。研究方法该研究是对塞尔维亚罗姆人定居点多指标类集调查的二次数据分析，包括 2564 名 0 至 59 个月大的儿童。研究结果约 19% 的儿童发育迟缓，9% 的儿童体重不足，16% 的儿童不想要，出生时体重偏低。逻辑回归和线性回归结果表明，母亲的生育年龄与罗姆儿童的营养或生长结果均无关联（P > .05）。相反，儿童特征：生为男孩、出生体重低、非亲生、年龄小，以及母亲特征：生育间隔短、奇偶数多和社会经济地位低，都与儿童营养不良有关。结论产妇的生育年龄本身并不会增加儿童健康状况不良的几率，因为风险似乎更多地与儿童和产妇的个体特征以及产妇的行为模式有关。

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