Hammami Mouhanad, Hammad Adnan, Koo Winston W K
National Arab American Medical Association, USA.
Ethn Dis. 2006 Spring;16(2):510-3.
To study the relationship between anthropometric measurements and living conditions in infants and children living in refugee camps.
Cross-sectional study.
Four Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.
Thirty-three infants younger than two years of age and 234 children (106 males) younger than 15 years of age.
Weight and height were measured. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated as weight (kg)/length squared (m2). A parent of the subject answered a questionnaire on employment status, household size, food, and financial assistance as well as child's food consumption.
Anthropometric measurements were standardized to the National Center of Health Statistics (NCHS) growth data as age- and sex-specific Z scores. No significant difference was seen between males and females. For all sites studied, the Z scores for weight (WAZ) and height (HAZ) of infants were not significantly different from zero. Among older children, WAZ, HAZ, and Z scores for BMI (BMIZ) were significantly less than zero. In infants, exclusive breast feeding, in addition to receiving financial help, correlated positively while meat and fruit consumption of less than three times per week correlated negatively with WAZ and HAZ. In older children, a mixed relationship was seen among the number of children younger than 10 years of age in a household, the child's meat, vegetable, and fruit consumption less than three times per week, and WAZ and HAZ.
Living conditions and socioeconomic restrictions on Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon do not appear to influence growth of infants younger than two years of age but may contribute to the growth deficit in older children.
研究难民营中婴幼儿人体测量数据与生活条件之间的关系。
横断面研究。
黎巴嫩的四个巴勒斯坦难民营。
33名两岁以下婴儿和234名15岁以下儿童（106名男性）。
测量体重和身高。计算体重指数（BMI），即体重（千克）/身高平方（平方米）。受试者的一位家长回答了一份关于就业状况、家庭规模、食物、经济援助以及儿童食物消费的问卷。
人体测量数据根据美国国家卫生统计中心（NCHS）的生长数据按年龄和性别标准化为Z分数。男性和女性之间未观察到显著差异。在所有研究地点，婴儿体重（WAZ）和身高（HAZ）的Z分数与零无显著差异。在大龄儿童中，WAZ、HAZ和BMI的Z分数（BMIZ）显著低于零。在婴儿中，纯母乳喂养除了获得经济帮助外，与WAZ和HAZ呈正相关，而每周肉类和水果消费少于三次则与WAZ和HAZ呈负相关。在大龄儿童中，家庭中10岁以下儿童的数量、儿童每周肉类、蔬菜和水果消费少于三次与WAZ和HAZ之间呈现出复杂的关系。
黎巴嫩巴勒斯坦难民的生活条件和社会经济限制似乎不会影响两岁以下婴儿的生长，但可能导致大龄儿童生长发育迟缓。
