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Association of sickle cell disease with nutritional status among under-five children and mediating role of hemoglobin level: secondary analysis of data from 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey

2020-08-17

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background: </bold>Malnutrition continues to affect under-five children in Africa to an overwhelming proportion. The situation is further compounded by the burden of sickle cell disease (SCD). However, association of SCD with stunting, wasting, and underweight in a nationally representative sample of under-five children remains unexplored. We aimed to describe prevalence of undern...

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10.21203/rs.3.rs-57486/v1
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