• Sehrish Fatima, Iram Manzoor, Aneeqa Mumtaz Joya, Shehzeen Arif, and Sadia Qayyum.
• Sehrish Fatima, Students of 4 Year MBBS, Community Medicine, Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan.
• Pak J Med Sci. 2020 Mar 1; 36 (3): 581-585.

ObjectivesTo estimate frequency of stunting and associated factors in children aged less than five years in a tertiary care hospital of Lahore.MethodsAn Analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in Pediatrics Outpatient Department at Akhtar Saeed Trust Teaching Hospital, Lahore from December 2017 to July 2018. Two hundred children of ages under five years coming to outdoor for treatment of minor ailments were included after informed consent from their parents. Non-probability, convenient sampling technique was used to collect sample. Data collected and analyzed on SPSS version 19. To find out association of stunting with multiple qualitative variables, chi-square test was applied and p-value was fixed at ≤ 0.05 to be significant.ResultsOut of 200 children screened in OPD, 42 (21.0%) were found to be stunted. The total percentage of stunting in male children was 28 (66.6%) and in female children were 14 (33.3%). Stunting was significantly associate with male gender (p=0.047), joint family system (p=0.049), low literacy level in mothers (p=0.031), unvaccinated status (p=0.003) and history of bottle feeding (p=0.037).ConclusionThe frequency of stunting in children less than five years of age is 42 (21.0%). The significant risk factors associated with stunting were found as male gender (p= 0.047), joint family system (p=0.049), low maternal education (p=0.031), unvaccinated status(p=0.03).Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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