PREVALENCE OF STUNTING AND HYPOTHYROIDISM IN PEDIATRIC POPULATION ASSISTED IN THE FIRST LEVEL CARE. MONTEVIDEO, 2014.

Introduction: Growth is essential to assess health and development in childhood setting, alteration, warns of underlying diseases or causes. An endocrine factor involved in growth regulation is thyroid hormone. Other non-endocrine factors: genetic information, psychological and social influences and nutrition. Knowing prevalence of these entities in Uruguay, clinical diagnosis and resulting behaviors helps reduce incidence of disease and is essential to implement measures. Objective: To estimate prevalence of stunting in children aged 0-5 years and coexistence with hypothyroidism. Specific: 1-Estimate prevalence of stunting in children aged 0-5 years in polyclinic Los Angeles, Barrio Municipal, Casavalle, Montevideo. 2- Estimate prevalence of hypothyroidism in children 0-5 years. 3- compare frequency of diagnosis of hypothyroidism in children with short stature and not tienen.4- characterize population of 0-5 years, polyclinic Los Angeles. Methodology: cross-sectional study, described frequency of stunting and hypothyroidism in children 0-5 years and characterization. Results: 274 children: stunting, 18.6%. Hypothyroidism 4%, 250 children. Hypothyroidism children without stunting 1.3%, stunting 25.9%, p