Abstract
INTRODUCTION: World Health Organization Child Growth Standards (WCGS) states that under five years old children globally grow similarly when their health and care needs are met regardless of ethnicity, socioeconomic status or food. Orang Asli (OA) children in Malaysia tend to suffer stunting, wasting and severe thinness when referred to these standards. This study aims to explore the differences between WCGS and the growth data of OA children below 5 years old in Pahang. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among children under five years old in OA settlements and recruited 932 samples from 11 districts of Pahang. Parameters of height-for-age, weight-for-age, and BMI-for-age for both male and female were recorded and plotted on WCGS. Percentage of sample fall in z-score less than negative two standard deviations (SD) were recorded. RESULTS: The median age for boys (n=493) was 24 months and showed SD of 16.1. The median age for girls (n=439) is 23.0 months with SD of 15.9. All growth data among boys elicit statistically significant differences compared to WCGS (p<0.001) as well as weight-for-age and BMI-for-age for girls (p<0.001). The percentage among boys and girls of height-for-age z?-2SD, weight-for-age z?-2SD and BMI-for-age z?-2SD were (38.3% and 30.8%), (23.1% and 20.5%) and (11.0% and 9.3%), respectively. CONCLUSION: The study showed substantial lower median anthropometric z-scores when compared to WHO Child Growth Standards except height-for-age for girls.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-181,
title = {Growth Data of Healthy Orang Asli Children in Pahang Compared to Who Child Growth Standards.},
author = {Latifatul-Nur Ahmad Hanbali},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: World Health Organization Child Growth Standards (WCGS) states that under five years old children globally grow similarly when their health and care needs are met regardless of ethnicity, socioeconomic status or food. Orang Asli (OA) children in Malaysia tend to suffer stunting, wasting and severe thinness when referred to these standards. This study aims to explore the differences between WCGS and the growth data of OA children below 5 years old in Pahang. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among children under five years old in OA settlements and recruited 932 samples from 11 districts of Pahang. Parameters of height-for-age, weight-for-age, and BMI-for-age for both male and female were recorded and plotted on WCGS. Percentage of sample fall in z-score less than negative two standard deviations (SD) were recorded. RESULTS: The median age for boys (n=493) was 24 months and showed SD of 16.1. The median age for girls (n=439) is 23.0 months with SD of 15.9. All growth data among boys elicit statistically significant differences compared to WCGS (p\<0.001) as well as weight-for-age and BMI-for-age for girls (p\<0.001). The percentage among boys and girls of height-for-age z?-2SD, weight-for-age z?-2SD and BMI-for-age z?-2SD were (38.3% and 30.8%), (23.1% and 20.5%) and (11.0% and 9.3%), respectively. CONCLUSION: The study showed substantial lower median anthropometric z-scores when compared to WHO Child Growth Standards except height-for-age for girls.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Pahang},
keywords = {growth data, Orang Asli children, WHO Child Growth Standards},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}