01684nas a2200361 4500000000100000008004100001653001300042653001700055653000900072653002000081653001100101653001100112653001100123653001300134653002100147653002000168653002600188653002500214653002100239653001800260653001800278100001300296700001400309700001600323700001200339700001100351700001200362245010000374300001100474490000700485520081600492022001401308 2007 d 10 aTrachoma 10 aMalnutrition 10 aMale 10 aLogistic Models 10 aInfant 10 aHumans 10 aFemale 10 aEthiopia 10 aCluster Analysis 10 aChronic Disease 10 aChlamydia trachomatis 10 aChlamydia Infections 10 aChild, Preschool 10 aAnthropometry 10 aAcute disease 1 aSmith AG 1 aBroman AT 1 aAlemayehu W 1 aMunoz B 1 aWest S 1 aGower E 00 aRelationship between trachoma and chronic and acute malnutrition in children in rural Ethiopia. a308-12 0 v53 3 aTrachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness in the world. Areas where it is most prevalent also have some of the highest rates of childhood malnutrition. We examined the relationship between both acute and chronic malnutrition and clinical trachoma. We also explored whether malnutrition alters the clinical manifestations of the disease. Children with chronic malnutrition, but not acute malnutrition, were more likely to have clinical trachoma. Stunted children are 1.96 times more likely to have clinical trachoma than nonstunted children (95% CI: 1.12-3.43), even after controlling for age, gender and infection status of other household members. Host factors including malnutrition may play a role in determining disease manifestations.
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