Abstract

PRIETO HERRERA, María Eulalia; RUSS DURAN, Guadalupe  and  REITOR LANDRIAN, Lorena. Factores de riesgo de infecciones respiratorias agudas en menores de 5 años. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2000, vol.16, n.2, pp. 160-164. ISSN 1561-3038.

An analytic retrospective case-control study was performed, matched 1:1, with the aim of getting to know the risk factors for acute respiratory diseases in children under 5 years of age from La Yaba neighborhood belonging to the health area of the eastern policlinics of Camaguey, during the year 1996. The study material was made up of 90 children that suffered from acute respiratory diseases during that period. The data source was the individual and family medical histories. The primary record was a survey including the following variables: breast feeding, malnutrition, associated diseases, passive smoking, overcrowding. It was concluded that inadequate breast feeding (RR 12, 152), malnutrition (RR 2, 278), parasitic disease (RR 1, 643), passive smoking (RR, 536) and overcrowding (RR 2, 719) behaved as risk factors.

Keywords : RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; HEAPING; NUTRITION DISORDERS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLUTION; BREAST FEEDINGS.

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