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Anthropometric status among infants with cleft lip and palate: a cross-sectional, single-center study in Indonesia.
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objectiveInfants with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) may experience feeding difficulties that place them at increased risk of growth faltering. However, data comparing anthropometric outcomes between infants with CL/P and non-cleft infants in Indonesia remain limited. This study aimed to compare anthropometric indicators of undernutrition between infants with CL/P and infants without craniofacial anomalies evaluated at the same hospital.
methodsThis cross-sectional study included 174 infants aged <1 year (87 with CL/P and 87 without craniofacial anomalies). Anthropometric data were obtained from electronic medical records at a single cleft center and the paediatric department of the same hospital. Length-for-age z-scores (LAZ) and weight-for-length z-scores (WLZ) were calculated according to World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards. Stunting was defined as LAZ <-2 standard deviations (SD), and wasting as WLZ <-2 SD. Associations between CL/P and anthropometric status were analysed using χ² tests.
resultsThe mean age was 6.0 ± 3.9 months in the CL/P group and 5.6 ± 2.6 months in the comparison group. Infants with CL/P had a significantly higher prevalence of stunting than infants without craniofacial anomalies (52.9% vs. 5.7%; P < 0.001). No significant difference was observed in wasting between the groups (2.3% vs. 2.3%; P = 0.069). Anthropometric status was not associated with cleft type (P = 0.989). DISCUSSION: Infants with CL/P demonstrated a substantially higher prevalence of stunting, an indicator of chronic growth restriction, whereas wasting, an indicator of acute undernutrition, did not differ between groups. These findings suggest that growth deficits in infants with CL/P may accumulate gradually over time rather than manifest primarily as acute nutritional deterioration.
conclusionInfants with CL/P may be vulnerable to chronic growth restriction during early life. Strengthening early feeding assessment, nutritional surveillance, caregiver education, breastfeeding support, and multidisciplinary cleft care may help reduce growth faltering and improve outcomes.
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