@article{fdi:010070194,
  title = {{B}oys are more stunted than girls from early infancy to 3 years of age in rural {S}enegal},
  author = {{B}ork, {K}irsten and {D}iallo, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground: {G}irls tend to have a lower risk of stunting than boys do in low-income countries. {O}bjective: {W}e evaluated differences in height status and complementary food ({CF}) intake between sexes from ages 2 to 39 mo in {S}enegal. {M}ethods: {L}ength and weight measurements were taken at ages 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, and 9-10 mo (n = 7319). {Q}ualitative 24-h and 7-d food recalls were conducted in a subgroup (n = 2512). {A} smaller subsample was followed up to age 39 mo (n = 512). {H}eight was measured, and intake of {CF} was noted. {B}oys and girls were compared in terms of height-for-age z score ({HAZ}) of {WHO} standards and {N}ational {C}enter for {H}ealth {S}tatistics growth reference, height-for-age difference, stunting, and consumption of {CF} by using chi-square tests, general linear models, and mixed-effects linear models ({MLM}s). {R}esults: {B}y using {WHO} standards, the mean {HAZ} was lower for boys than for girls in infancy, i.e., at 2-3 mo of age (-0.65 compared with -0.57; {P} = 0.002) and beyond, i.e., at 24-29 mo of age (-2.01 compared with -1.65; {P} < 0.001). {O}verall risk of stunting was 24.5% and 19.4% for boys and girls, respectively, during infancy ({P} < 0.001) compared with 59.2% and 47.9%, respectively, at 12-39 mo ({P} = 0.010). {I}n {MLM}s from ages 2 to 39 mo, boys had a lower mean {HAZ} than girls had at age 2 mo (beta(0) = -0.19; {P} = 0.035), and sex differences increased with increasing age (beta(1) = -0.007 z scores/mo; {P} < 0.001). {A}t 2-3 mo of age, boys were more likely to have been fed {CF} every day during the past week (15.8% compared with 11.2% for girls; {P} = 0.005) and to have eaten >= 2 meals in the past 24 h (13.4% compared with 8.2% for girls; {P} < 0.001). {C}onclusions: {I}n {S}enegalese infants, {CF} intake differed by sex, with boys more likely to consume {CF}. {B}oys had lower {HAZ}s than girls had during infancy, and sex differences increased up to age 39 mo. {T}he importance of sex in complementary feeding and growth warrants further attention in low-income countries.},
  keywords = {sex ; stunting ; infant and young-child feeding ; linear growth ; growth reference ; {A}frica ; {SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {N}utrition},
  volume = {147},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {940--947},
  ISSN = {0022-3166},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.3945/jn.116.243246},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070194},
}