Ebomoyi E, Parakoyi D B, Omonisi M K
Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
J Natl Med Assoc. 1991 Oct;83(10):905-9.
The relationship between nutritional status and umbilical hernia was assessed among Hausa and Yoruba school children in rural areas of Kwara State, Nigeria. The prevalence of umbilical hernia in the rural school pupils was 19.4%. The Yoruba school children had a higher prevalence rate of 22.0%, while the prevalence rate for Hausa pupils was 16.9%. The association between umbilical hernia and primary school class was statistically significant. More school children suffering from protein energy malnutrition presented with umbilical hernia. The association between umbilical hernia and nutritional status was weak. The school health component of the national primary health program should be intensified to screen school children regularly for umbilical hernia. The school health environment of rural Nigerian schools should be improved through government efforts.
在尼日利亚夸拉州农村地区的豪萨族和约鲁巴族学童中，评估了营养状况与脐疝之间的关系。农村学校学生中脐疝的患病率为19.4%。约鲁巴族学童的患病率较高，为22.0%，而豪萨族学生的患病率为16.9%。脐疝与小学班级之间的关联具有统计学意义。更多患有蛋白质能量营养不良的学童患有脐疝。脐疝与营养状况之间的关联较弱。应加强国家初级卫生保健计划中的学校卫生部分，以便定期对学童进行脐疝筛查。应通过政府的努力改善尼日利亚农村学校的学校卫生环境。
