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CORDERO HERRERA, Ana Margarita. Main diseases associated with nutritional status in children under one year of age. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.3, pp. 100-106. ISSN 1029-3043.

Introduction: nutrition is of great and important significance during prenatal period and the first years of life, because of its influence over children's growth, as well as, their physical and mental development. Protein-energy malnutrition in infants brings about some infections; reduces the resistance to almost all of the diseases, works as a cause of adjuvant morbidity and infant mortality, and affects their psychological development. Objective: to know about the main diseases associated with nutritional status in children under one year of age, who were admitted at "José Luis Miranda" Pediatric Hospital in Villa Clara province, from January, 1997 to December, 2010. Methods: a number of 361 children diagnosed with protein-energy malnutrition were selected, as well as, 361children with a normal nutritional state. Diverse variables were evaluated, such as, age, the causes of getting sick and being admitted to the hospital, and admissions to special care units. Results: in both groups predominated children under six months (66 %), bacterial diarrheal diseases (74 %) and admissions due to this cause (78 %); the admission to special care units was higher in malnourished children. Eight children died. Conclusions: there was a relationship among nutritional status, immunological function, morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases, mainly because of diarrheas. These results will allow us to design intervention strategies in order to improve this indicator

Palabras clave : nutritional status; protein-energy malnutrition; diarrhea infantile [ethiology].

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