https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/525019
Title: | Nutritional Status and Clinical Characteristics in Children With Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis | Authors: | Shin S.-T. HSIN-HUI YU LI-CHIEH WANG JYH-HONG LEE YU-TSAN LIN YAO-HSU YANG BOR-LUEN CHIANG |
Issue Date: | 2010 | Journal Volume: | 43 | Journal Issue: | 2 | Start page/Pages: | 93-98 | Source: | Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection | Abstract: | Background/Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the clinical characteristics and nutritional status of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) in Taiwanese children. Methods: Fifty-three patients were included in this study. The disease subtype and patient characteristics were recorded. Body mass index (BMI) was determined. Seventy-five healthy age-matched children served as a control group. Results: The inflammation parameters, including white blood cell count, platelet count, C-reactive protein, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, were elevated in the systemic group. The BMI level of the JRA group was significantly lower than the control group (p = 0.006), especially in the male patients (p = 0.016) and when the patient age was greater than 4 (p = 0.011). The patients with oligoarticular onset JRA had significantly lower BMI compared with the healthy control group (p = 0.012). Conclusion: Nutritional status is often impaired in patients with JRA. The BMI of the JRA patients was lower than that of age-matched healthy children, especially in the male group, and when disease onset age was greater than 4. In our unselected sample, the most affected disease subtype was oligoarticular onset JRA. ? 2010 Taiwan Society of Microbiology. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77951851869&doi=10.1016%2fS1684-1182%2810%2960015-1&partnerID=40&md5=615d3fb456aac3bd8439a967a7fcd1fc https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/525019 |
ISSN: | 1684-1182 | DOI: | 10.1016/S1684-1182(10)60015-1 | SDG/Keyword: | C reactive protein; hemoglobin; article; body mass; child; child nutrition; clinical feature; controlled study; disease classification; erythrocyte sedimentation rate; female; hemoglobin blood level; human; inflammation; juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; leukocyte count; major clinical study; male; nutritional status; onset age; patient assessment; preschool child; protein blood level; school child; sex difference; Taiwan; thrombocyte count; Age Factors; Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid; Body Mass Index; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Male; Nutritional Status; Sex Factors; Taiwan |
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