Association between child malnutrition and maternal common mental disorders: the potential role of disability

摘要

In 1996 one of the authors (CTM) was the leading author of a clinically based case-control study conducted in Brazil, which investigated the association between child stunting and maternal common mental disorders (MCMD).~1 A positive association (OR 2.8; 95% CI 1.2 to 6.9) was found in that case. Similar methods and results have been reported in another study conducted in Pakistan (OR 3.9; 95% CI 1.95 to7.86).~2