Explaining Within- vs Between-Population Variation in Child Anthropometry and Hemoglobin Measures in India: A Multilevel Analysis of the National Family Health Survey 2015-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The complex etiology of child growth failure and anemia-commonly used indicators of child undernutrition-involving proximate and distal risk factors at multiple levels is generally recognized. However, their independent and joint effects are often assessed with no clear conceptualization of inferential targets.

Methods

We utilized hierarchical linear modeling and a nationally representative sample of 139,116 children aged 6-59 months from India (2015-2016) to estimate the extent to which a comprehensive set of 27 covariates explained the within- and between-population variation in height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-height, and hemoglobin level.

Results

Most of the variation in child anthropometry and hemoglobin measures was attributable to within-po

SUBMITTER: Rodgers J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7557174 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature