Relationship Between Maternal Height, Birth Length, Gender and History of Diarrhea with the Incidence of Stunting in Toddlers

Stunting are still a problem because they can impact the brain and growth of toddlers. The studied aims to determined the relationship between maternal height, birth lenght, gender and history of diarrhea with the incidence of stunting. This study was a quantitative used a case control design with a sample of stunted toddlers aged 24-59 months in Ganting Sidoarjo district East Java who contain 160 respondents and using multi-stage random sampling. The results showed a significant value between mother's height p=0,000<0,05, the birth length wariable showed an insignificant value p=1,000>0,05 likewise the gender variable also showed an insignificant value p=1,000>0,05 for the diarrhea history variable shows a significant value of p=0,000<0,05. The conclusion is a relationship between maternal height and a history of diarrhea with the cases of stunting and the variable of birth length and gender showed none relationship with the cases of stunting.