@article{fdi:010042536,
  title = {{N}utritional status and common infections in infants in {B}urkina {F}aso : interest of an 'overall morbidity score'},
  author = {{S}awadogo, {P}rosper and {M}artin-{P}r{\'e}vel, {Y}ves and {C}apon, {G}illes and {T}raor{\'e}, {S}. {A}. and {D}elpeuch, {F}rancis},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{OBJECTIVE} {T}o study the overall impact of morbidity on the nutritional status of infants in a rural area of {B}urkina-{F}aso. {METHOD} {A} cohort of children (n = 114) were monitored from age 6 months to 2 years in 30 villages in north-eastern {B}urkina {F}aso. {A}nthropometric measurements and the incidence of illness were recorded at 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 months. {A}n overall morbidity score was constructed including the duration of common illnesses and their effect on appetite. {M}ixed linear regression models were used to analyse the relation between this score and both the weight-for-length ({WFL}) and the length-for-age ({LFA}) index. {RESULTS} {A}fter adjustment for potential confounders, the morbidity score at time {T} was strongly correlated with the {WFL} index at time {T} ({P} < 0.0001) and weakly correlated with the {LFA} index at time {T} + 1 ({P} = 0.06). {W}hen the morbidity score was divided into classes, at time {T} the mean {WFL} z-score for children with a high morbidity score was 0.34 z-scores lower than the one for healthy children ({P} < 0.0001); at time {T} + 1, the difference in the mean {LFA} z-scores between the same groups was 0.09 z-score ({P} = 0.02). {H}owever, similar results were obtained using simpler expressions of morbidity. {T}aken separately, diarrhoea or febrile illness had an effect on {WFL} (at time {T}), but only diarrhoea had an effect on {LFA} (at time {T} + 1). {CONCLUSION} {M}orbidity was strongly correlated with weight loss in children in the short term and weakly correlated with a slowdown in growth.},
  keywords = {morbidity ; cohort ; child ; nutritional status ; {B}urkina {F}aso ; {A}frica},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{T}ropical {M}edicine and {I}nternational {H}ealth},
  volume = {13},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {345--353},
  ISSN = {1360-2276},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02008.x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042536},
}