title: [Celiac disease in adolescents].
abstract: Nutritional status, sexual maturation and intestinal absorption were assessed in 16 adolescent celiac patients (12 females) at ages 12 and 18 year. Weight/age, height/age and weight/height were 75.5% (51.6-94.8), 90.3% (76.8-104.6) and 99.1% (76.3-112.9) at 12 years and 85.6% (64.0-105.2), 93.8% (85.9-101.2) and 110% (76.5-121.9) at 18 years of age, respectively. Sexual maturation (Tanner) was at stage I in 31%, and at stage II in 43.7% of patients at age 12 years and it had reached maturity in 75% of them at 18 years. Menarche occurred between 12 and 14 years of age, except in 3 patients in whom it was retarded. Mean serum carotene levels were 125 and 108.5 ug/dl at ages 12 and 18 years respectively. Delayed weight and height progress in this particular group of patients might be explained by low socio-economic conditions, late diagnosis, and poor adherence to gluten-free diet.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Gastroenterología Infantil, Hospital Clínico San Borja-Arriarán.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chávez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ceresa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guevara
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pizarro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rossel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000097:blood; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008572:Menarche; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011627:Puberty / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002338:Carotenoids
vernacular_title: Enfermedad celíaca en la adolescencia.