title: Evaluation of Nutritional Status in Children during Predialysis, or Treated By Peritoneal Dialysis or Hemodialysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Malnutrition is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The objective of this study was to evaluate nutritional status of children with stage 3-4 CKD and treated by peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis using anthropometric measurements, biochemical parameters and bioelectrical impedance analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included a total of 52 patients and 46 healthy children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In anthropometric evaluation, the children with CKD had lower values for standard deviation score for weight, height, body mass index, skinfold thickness and mid-arm circumference than those of healthy children (p < 0.05). The fat mass (%) and the body cell mass (%) measurements performed by bioelectrical impedance analysis were lower compared with the control group (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is considered that bioelectrical impedance analysis measurement should be used with anthropometric measurements, which are easy to perform, to achieve more accurate nutritional evaluation in children.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Aydın 09100, Turkey dr.dlkylmz@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Aydın 09100, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ferah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sönmez
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Aydın 09100, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sacide
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karakaş
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Tepecik Research and Training Hospital, İzmir 09100, Turkey.
authors.forename: Önder
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Yavaşcan
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Tepecik Research and Training Hospital, İzmir 09100, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nejat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aksu
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioistatistics, Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Aydın 09100, Turkey.
authors.forename: İmran Kurt
authors.initials: İK
authors.lastname: Ömürlü
authors.affiliation: Departments of Biochemistry, Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Aydın 09100, Turkey.
authors.forename: Çiğdem
authors.initials: Ç
authors.lastname: Yenisey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: anthropometry; bioelectrical impedance analysis; chronic kidney disease; leptin; malnutrition