Skeletal disproportion in children with chronic renal disease |
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Authors: | Qayyum Nadia Alcocer Lolita Maxwell Heather Beattie T James Murphy Anna V Ramage Ian J Ahmed S Faisal |
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Institution: | Bone and Endocrine Research Group, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK. |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: To assess stature and skeletal disproportion in children with chronic renal disease. METHODS: Cross-sectional study of height (HT), sitting height (SH), subischial leg length (SILL), sitting height/height ratio (SH:HT) and disproportion score (SH SDS minus SILL SDS) in 56 children (M:35) with median age 11.4 years (range 4.5,18.7) with chronic renal disease. RESULTS: There were 19 children with chronic renal insufficiency, 6 receiving peritoneal dialysis and 31 after renal transplant. The median HTSDS for the whole group was -1.21 (-2.8, 0.35). The median SH:HT ratio in non-transplanted children and renal transplant were 0.51 (0.49, 0.53) and 0.50 (0.48, 0.53), respectively (p = 0.02). The median disproportion score of the whole group was -3.2 (-4.8, -1.8). There was a significant correlation between disproportion score and SH:HT (r = 0.5, p = 0.005). SH:HT ratio was negatively related to duration of illness (r = 0.4, p = 0.005). CONCLUSION: Children with chronic renal disease have significant body disproportion and this may be due to a disproportionately greater effect of disease and treatment on spinal growth. |
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