Prevalence of impaired growth in children with homozygous sickle cell anemia.
The prevalence of impaired growth was evaluated in 63 patients with homozygous sickle cell anemia. Twenty-five percent of the children studied were less than the fifth percentile of National Center for Health Statistics growth standards for either height/age, weight/age, or weight/height. Significantly more 11- to 18-year-old children were less than the fifth percentile for weight/height compared with earlier age ranges. No differences due to gender were found. Nutritional intervention may improve growth in selected children.
Henderson
R A
RA
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Saavedra
J M
JM
Dover
G J
GJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male