TY - JOUR AU - Mekonen, Jalane AU - Addisu, Samrawit AU - Mekonnen, Hussen PY - 2019 DA - 2019/08/20 TI - Prevalence and associated factors of chronic undernutrition among under five children in Adama town, Central Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study design JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 532 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with stunting among under five children in Adama town, Central Ethiopia, 2013. A community based cross sectional study was conducted on 616 parent child pairs of under five children using structured questionnaire and anthropometric measurements. World health organization new growth reference was used to convert height measurements into Z-scores of the height for age indices considering age and sex of the children. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed at P value < 0.05. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4552-1 DO - 10.1186/s13104-019-4552-1 ID - Mekonen2019 ER -