[Dietetic and anthropometric assessment in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis patients].
OBJECTIVE
to evaluate the dietary intake and the anthropometry of children and adolescents with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis - JRA, considering the pauciarticular and the polyarticular types.


METHODS
Evaluation of the dietary intake of calories and macronutrients by the Food Register method compared with the Recommended Dietary Allowances - RDA, and the anthropometric evaluation by the z score of the height-for-age relationship and body mass index.


RESULTS
The pauciarticular or polyarticular type did not determine any difference in calories, carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids intake, being the total caloric value, in both groups, bellow recommendations. Low-stature was observed in patients of the 2 groups, while leanness and obesity status were found in patients of the polyarticular group.


CONCLUSIONS
JRA patients, particularly of the polyarticular group, can present compromised nutritional status and growth, probably owing to an inadequate dietary intake and increased need of calories and specific nutrients, which occur during the periods of the disease's activity.
Chaud
Daniela Maria Alves
DM
Universidade Federal de São Paulo/ Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Hil rio
Maria Odete Esteves
MO
Yanaguibashi
Gianni
G
Amancio
Olga Maria Silverio
OM
D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status