Title
Rotavirus vaccination and stunting: Secondary Data Analysis from the Peruvian Demographic and Health Survey
Date Issued
25 November 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Rotavirus infection is the leading cause of acute diarrhea in children and is preventable with a vaccine. Malnutrition increases the risk for the development of enteric and respiratory diseases, but also diarrhea increases the risk for stunting, having a negative effect in height-for-age Z score (HAZ). Therefore, Rotavirus can be considered as one of the contributing factors to stunting. The objective was to determine if vaccination against rotavirus was associated with changes in HAZ of children aged 6–60 months. We analyzed the data of Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 2015–2017 for Peru, which is a nationwide representative. We fitted linear regression models controlling for complex sampling. The vaccine coverage was close to 75.5%, and the mean HAZ was −0.76 standard deviations. After adjusting by demographic, health, and household characteristics, children who received rotavirus vaccine, had a mean HAZ 0.06 standard deviations higher than children who did not receive it. Additionally, BCG vaccination, a higher education level of the mother, a higher wealth index, and treating water for drinking were positively associated with HAZ. On the other hand, we found low birth weight, lack of flush toilet, and altitude higher than 2500 m above sea level negatively associated with HAZ. Rotavirus vaccine is associated with better anthropometric measurements.
Start page
8010
End page
8015
Volume
38
Issue
50
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Virología Inmunología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85094896158
PubMed ID
Source
Vaccine
ISSN of the container
0264410X
Sponsor(s)
Sebastian Loli got a MSc degree in Epidemiological Research at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. This Masteŕs program is supported by the training Grant 2D43 TW007393 “Peru Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Training Consortium” by the Fogarty International Center of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH/FIC). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection, and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Conflict of Interest Statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. All authors attest they meet the ICMJE criteria for authorship. Sebastian Loli got a MSc degree in Epidemiological Research at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. This Master?s program is supported by the training Grant 2D43 TW007393 ?Peru Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Training Consortium? by the Fogarty International Center of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH/FIC). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection, and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Conflict of Interest Statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. All authors attest they meet the ICMJE criteria for authorship.
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