Predictors of Malnutrition in Children with Cystic Fibrosis

OBJECTIVE: To determine occurrence of malnutrition in children with cystic fibrosis and identify predictors of malnutrition at time of enrolment and after 2 years of follow up.

DESIGN: Retrospective chart review.

PATIENTS: Cystic fibrosis patients enrolled between 2009-2015 with at least 3 years follow-up.

SETTING: Pediatric chest clinic at a tertiary-care center in northern India.

PROCEDURE: Weight and height were noted at enrolment, and after 1 year and 2 years of follow-up. Clinical details, medications, and pulmonary exacerbations during second year were recorded.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Occurrence of malnutrition i.e. weight for age Z-score < -2.

RESULTS: 61 medical records were reviewed. Occurrence of malnutrition at baseline, and 1- and 2-year follow-up was 65.5%, 54.1% and 57.3%, respectively. Weight for age Z-score at enrolment significantly correlated with time to diagnosis from onset r=0.015, P=0.029). Weight for age Z-score at 2-year follow-up was significantly associated with steatorrhea (P=0.03), increased frequency of stools (P<0.01) and pulmonary exacerbation (P=0.03) during second year. Linear regression showed significant association between weight for age Z-score at 2 years with steatorrhea and pulmonary exacerbations [r=-0.795 (-1.527, -0.062)] and [r=-0.261 (-0.493, -0.028)]. Pulmonary exacerbations during second and third year had significant correlation with weight for age Z-score at the beginning of respective years (r = -0.219, P=0.015).

CONCLUSIONS: Occurrence of malnutrition is high in children with cystic fibrosis in this region, with uncontrolled fat malabsorption and recurrent respiratory infections being significant risk factors.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

Enthalten in:

Indian pediatrics - 56(2019), 10 vom: 15. Okt., Seite 825-830

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dhochak, Nitin [VerfasserIn]
Jat, Kana Ram [VerfasserIn]
Sankar, Jhuma [VerfasserIn]
Lodha, Rakesh [VerfasserIn]
Kabra, Sushil K [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.04.2020

Date Revised 23.04.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300511760