Nutritional Status and Clinical Characteristics in Children With Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Journal
Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
2
Pages
93-98
Date Issued
2010
Author(s)
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.
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Other Subjects
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
Type
journal article