Inadequate dietary intake of children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the dietary intake of children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) using a 24-hour diet recall and relating it to the patients' clinical and anthropometric characteristics and to the drugs used in their treatment.


METHODS
By means of a cross-sectional study, we assessed the 24-hour diet recalls of outpatients. Their nutritional status was classified according to the CDC (2000). The computer program NutWin UNIFESP-EPM was used for food intake calculation. The Recommended Dietary Allowances and the Brazilian food pyramid were used for quantitative and qualitative analysis.


RESULTS
Median age was 12 years for JIA patients and 16.5 years for JSLE patients. Among the JIA patients, 37.5% had active disease, and among the JSLE patients, 68.2% showed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI) > 4. Malnutrition was found in 8.3 and 4.5% of the JIA and JSLE patients, respectively, and obesity was present in 16.7 and 18.2%. For JIA patients, the excessive intake of energy, protein, and lipids was 12.5, 75, and 31.3%, respectively. For JSLE patients, the excessive intake of energy, protein, and lipids was 13.6, 86.4, and 36.4%, respectively. Low intake of iron, zinc, and vitamin A was found in 29.2 and 50, 87.5 and 86.4, and 87.5 and 95.2% of the JIA and JSLE patients, respectively. There was not a significant association between intake, disease activity, and nutritional status.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with rheumatic diseases have inadequate dietary intake. There is excessive intake of lipids and proteins and low intake of micronutrients.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo-Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Michelle C
MC
Caetano
Thaís T
TT
Ortiz
Maria Teresa S R L A
MT
Terreri
Roseli O S
RO
Sarni
Simone G L
SG
Silva
Fabíola I S
FI
Souza
Maria Odete E
MO
Hilário
D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D018977:Micronutrients / Q000172:deficiency; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult
D018977:Micronutrients