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LINEAR GROWTH IN CHILDREN WITH IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT

Ashraf Soliman, M M El Dabbagh, A. H. Habboub, N ElHumaidy, A. Adel

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We measured growth (length (L) SDS, growth velocity (GV) SDS and body mass index (BMI) and hematological {hemoglobin (Hb), hemnatocrit (Hct), MCV and (MCH)} parameters in 40 children (aged 17.2+/−12 4 months) with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) before and after iron therapy. Before treatment children with IDA had LSDS = −1.2±1, GV = 7.5±2.2, GVSDS = −1.42±0.6 and BMI = 13.5±1.2. They were significantly shorter and growing slowly vs age-matched controls. After treatment their growth parameters significantly increased with LSDS = −0.6±−0.9, GV = 13.2±4.4 cm/year, GVSDS = 1.7±0.5, and BMI = 14.2±1.1). Their GV was correlated significantly with serum ferritin concentration (r = 0.48, P

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We measured growth (length (L) SDS, growth velocity (GV) SDS and body mass index (BMI) and hematological {hemoglobin (Hb), hemnatocrit (Hct), MCV and (MCH)} parameters in 40 children (aged 17.2+/−12 4 months) with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) before and after iron therapy. Before treatment children with IDA had LSDS = −1.2±1, GV = 7.5±2.2, GVSDS = −1.42±0.6 and BMI = 13.5±1.2. They were significantly shorter and growing slowly vs age-matched controls. After treatment their growth parameters significantly increased with LSDS = −0.6±−0.9, GV = 13.2±4.4 cm/year, GVSDS = 1.7±0.5, and BMI = 14.2±1.1). Their GV was correlated significantly with serum ferritin concentration (r = 0.48, P

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We measured growth (length (L) SDS, growth velocity (GV) SDS and body mass index (BMI) and hematological {hemoglobin (Hb), hemnatocrit (Hct), MCV and (MCH)} parameters in 40 children (aged 17.2+/−12 4 months) with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) before and after iron therapy. Before treatment children with IDA had LSDS = −1.2±1, GV = 7.5±2.2, GVSDS = −1.42±0.6 and BMI = 13.5±1.2. They were significantly shorter and growing slowly vs age-matched controls. After treatment their growth parameters significantly increased with LSDS = −0.6±−0.9, GV = 13.2±4.4 cm/year, GVSDS = 1.7±0.5, and BMI = 14.2±1.1). Their GV was correlated significantly with serum ferritin concentration (r = 0.48, P

Key concepts: Medicine, Linear growth, Hemoglobin, Iron therapy, Anemia, Internal medicine, Body mass index, Serum ferritin

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