This cross sectional study evaluated if coffee, associated with reduced linear growth, anemia and immunomodulation could contribute to childhood stunting and iron deficiency (ID) and anemia in Indigenous Ngöbe Buglé children and mothers. Questionnaires on socio-economic status, health, diet, anthropometry, iron supplement use and coffee consumption and a sample of coffee, venous blood and stool were collected. Our best model suggests that coffee is an independent negative predictor of stunting in children along with having inflammation, higher Ascaris infection, lower meat consumption, being a male and having a shorter mother. Diet, iron supplements and chronic infections explained more than 50% of the variability in hemoglobin and serum ferritin concentrations of mothers and children, with coffee only negatively affecting mothers. This study will add to the limited knowledge of the impact of coffee consumption on child health, and determine other predictors of stunting, ID and anemia in this vulnerable population. / Cette étude transversale a évalué si le café, qui est associé a l'anémie ferriprive, la réduction de la croissance linéaire et l'immunomodulation pourrait contribuer aux retards de croissance chez les enfants, à l'anémie et aux carences en fer des enfants et de leurs mères du groupe autochtone Ngöbe Buglé. Des questionnaires sur niveau socio-économique, la santé, l'anthropométrie, le régime alimentaire, l'utilisation des suppléments de fer et la consommation du café ainsi que des échantillons fécaux, de café, de sang ont été recueillis. Cette étude transversale permettra d'accroître les connaissances sur l'impact de la consommation du café chez les enfants et permettra d'évaluer si cette habitude nuit aux bénéfices des interventions de santé publique mises en place dans la région.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.86719 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Lardeau, Marie-Pierre |
| Contributors | Kristine G Koski (Internal/Supervisor), Marilyn Scott (Internal/Cosupervisor2) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | French |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | Electronically-submitted theses. |
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