Meta-Analysis: Relationship of History of Acute Respiratory Infections and Low Birth Weight with Stunting in Toddlers

Kharis Faridan (Master of Public Health Magister Program, Faculty of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University, South Kalimantan)
Meitria Syahadatina Noor (Master of Public Health Magister Program, Faculty of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University, South Kalimantan)
Alfi Yasmina (Medicine Study Program of Faculty of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University, South Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Syamsul Arifin (Master of Public Health Magister Program, Faculty of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University, South Kalimantan)
Harapan Parlindungan Ringoringo (Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat University Banjarmasin Banjarmasin Department of Child Health Idaman Hospital Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan)

Jurnal Berkala Kesehatan
Vol 7, No 2 (2021): JURNAL BERKALA KESEHATAN

     Basic Health Research (2018) and National Socio-Economic Survey (2019) showed a high incidence of stunting in Indonesia. History of acute respiratory infection (ARI) and low birth weight (LBW) were studied as factors associated with stunting in under-five children. The research’s objective was to analyze the association between the history of ARI and LBW with the incidence of stunting in under-five children. This study was a meta-analysis. Literature searching was conducted in reputed and accredited journals in PubMed and Google Scholar, published between 2016-2020, analytic observational study design, contained OR/PR/RR with 95% confidence interval, written in English or Indonesian, and available in full-text. The meta-analysis was conducted with RevMan 5.4 application. We included 14 studies. Results showed there was a significant association between history of ARI and the incidence of stunting in under-five children, with pooled OR = 2.48 (95%CI = 1.82-3.40, p < 0.00001, I2 = 0%, p for heterogeneity = 0.66). This study showed there was a significant association between LBW and incidence of stunting, with pooled OR = 2.15 (95% CI = 1.58-2.93, p < 0.00001, I2 = 61%, p for heterogeneity = 0.005). The conclusions were there were significant associations between the history of ARI and LBW with the incidence of stunting in under-five children.