Alemayehu E
Ann Trop Paediatr. 1984 Jun;4(2):93-7. doi: 10.1080/02724936.1984.11748316.
The weight-for-age of 1235 hospital-admitted children aged between one month and 14 years was assessed. Sixty per cent (764) of child admissions in all age groups had weights less than 80% of the Harvard reference weight-for-age value; 27% (339) had weights less than 60% of the Harvard reference weight-for-age value. Of children who were diagnosed to suffer from protein-energy malnutrition on admission, marasmus was diagnosed most frequently, followed by marasmic-kwashiorkor and kwashiorkor. Seventy-five per cent of child admissions who died in hospital had weights less than 80% of the reference; the lower the child's admission weight-for-age, the higher the likelihood of death. A significantly higher proportion (P less than 0.01) of female admissions weighed less than 60% of reference weight-for-age compared with male admissions. Girls diagnosed as suffering from marasmus had a higher death rate than boys with a similar diagnosis. Children from poor families or large families were more likely to have a low weight-for-age than children from wealthy or small families.
对1235名年龄在1个月至14岁之间入院治疗的儿童进行了年龄别体重评估。所有年龄组中60%（764名）的入院儿童体重低于哈佛年龄别体重参考值的80%；27%（339名）的儿童体重低于哈佛年龄别体重参考值的60%。在入院时被诊断患有蛋白质 - 能量营养不良的儿童中，消瘦症的诊断最为常见，其次是消瘦型夸希奥科病和夸希奥科病。在医院死亡的入院儿童中有75%的体重低于参考值的80%；儿童入院时的年龄别体重越低，死亡的可能性越高。与男性入院儿童相比，女性入院儿童体重低于年龄别体重参考值60%的比例显著更高（P小于0.01）。被诊断患有消瘦症的女孩的死亡率高于诊断相同的男孩。来自贫困家庭或大家庭的儿童比来自富裕或小家庭的儿童更有可能年龄别体重偏低。
