1. Associations of maternal age at marriage and pregnancy with infant undernutrition: Evidence from first-time mothers in rural lowland Nepal
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Jonathan C. K. Wells, Akanksha A. Marphatia, Mario Cortina‐Borja, Dharma S. Manandhar, Alice M. Reid, Naomi M. Saville, Wells, JCK [0000-0003-0411-8025], Marphatia, AA [0000-0002-4277-435X], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
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Pediatric ,2 Aetiology ,Clinical Research ,4403 Demography ,Prevention ,Infant Mortality ,2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment ,Reproductive health and childbirth ,Perinatal Period - Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period ,2 Zero Hunger ,44 Human Society - Abstract
Funder: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, Objectives: Maternal factors shape the risk of infant undernutrition, however the contributions of age at marriage versus age at pregnancy are rarely disentangled. We explore these issues in a population from lowland rural Nepal, where median ages at marriage and first pregnancy are 15 and 17 years respectively and marriage almost always precedes pregnancy. Methods: We analyzed data on first‐time mothers (n = 3002) from a cluster‐randomized trial (2012–2015). Exposures were ages at marriage and pregnancy, categorized into groups. Outcomes were z‐scores for weight (WAZ), length (LAZ), head circumference (HCAZ), and weight‐for‐length (WLZ), and prevalence of wasting and stunting, for neonates (
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- 2022