Author:
Lefebo Berhanu Kibemo,Kassa Dejene Hailu,Tarekegn Baye Gelaw
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Under-nutrition remains a major global public health challenge, particularly among children under the age of five. Among the manifestations of under-nutrition, stunting accounts for the larger proportion, which is associated with multiple factors. In Ethiopia, however, the link between intestinal inflammation and childhood stunting was not well investigated. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the association between gut inflammation and childhood stunting.
Method
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted and a total of 82 children were included in the study. Anthropometric data were collected by measuring weight in underwear and without shoes with an electronic scale to the nearest 0.1 kg and their height in the Frankfort plane with a telescopic height instrument. Environmental risk factors for enteric bacterial exposure, access to improved sources of drinking water, and the presence of facilities for hygiene and sanitation conditions were assessed using a questionnaire. Gut inflammation was tested through fecal leukocyte count and each sample was stained with methylene blue. Stool samples were inoculated on MacConkey agar, Salmonella-Shigella agar, and Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate agar after enrichment with Selenite cystine broth and incubated at 37 °C for 18–24 h. Binary and multiple logistic regressions and Chi-square models were used to analyze the data.
Result
Data from the current study revealed that gut inflammation was (AOR: 5.28, 95% CI: 1.32–22.25) associated with stunting. On the other hand, children with reported diarrhea within the last week were 6 times more likely for the probability of being stunted (AOR: 6.21, 95% CI: 2.68–26.83). The findings of this study also demonstrated that children from a household with a family size of more than 5 members were three times more likely to be stunted than their counterparts (AOR: 3.21, 95% CI: 1.20 -10.13). Facts of the current study demonstrated that breastfeeding for 24 months and below was negatively associated (AOR: 0.3; 95% CI: -0.46-0.89) with gut inflammation. Detection of E.coli and Shigella species in the stool samples of children and Menaheria residents were positively associated with gut inflammation (AOR: 5.4, 95% CI: 1.32–22.25; AOR: 5, 95% CI: 1.47–24.21), respectively.
Conclusion
Therefore, there was a strong correlation between stunting and gastrointestinal inflammation. Moreover, stunting was associated with diarrhea, breastfeeding duration, residence, and family size. Similarly, intestinal inflammation was linked to residence, breastfeeding duration, and the prevalence of bacterial infections such as E. coli and Shigella species.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Nutrition and Dietetics,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,Medicine (miscellaneous)
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