ArticleBMJ paediatrics open2017
Congenital heart disease and the prevalence of underweight and obesity from age 1 to 15 years: data on a nationwide sample of children.
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- Timing of Pubertal Development in Boys and Girls With Congenital Heart Defects: A Nationwide Cohort Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- Instrumental variable analysis using offspring BMI in childhood as an indicator of parental BMI in relation to mortality.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Weight impacts 1-year congenital heart surgery outcomes independent of race/ethnicity and payer.Cardiology in the young · 2021Article
- Value of Galectin-3 assay in children with heart failure secondary to congenital heart diseases: a prospective study.BMC pediatrics · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe examined the prevalence of underweight and obesity in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) compared with the general population.
methodsUsing the Danish National Patient Registry, we identified individuals born and diagnosed with CHD in Denmark during 1996-2012 who were alive at 1 year of age. A unique personal identifier enabled identification of CHD subjects, as well as birth year and sex-matched (1:10) general population controls. The Children's Database has recorded height and weight measured by clinical providers at preventive health checks offered to all children in Denmark. Data recording were made mandatory in 2011. Obesity was defined as body mass index (BMI) above the 95thpercentile and underweight as BMI below the fifth percentile for age and sex. We determined the prevalence of underweight and obesity at study subjects' first height and weight recording. For those underweight at age 1 year, prevalence of underweight and obesity at later recordings was assessed.
resultsWe identified 9194 children with CHD of which 2679 (29%) had at least one recording of height and weight. The control cohort demonstrated a similar portion of anthropometric data: 30 047 (31%) of 96 585 controls. The prevalence of underweight and obesity at CHD study subjects' first height and weight recording was 9.7% (95% CI 8.7 to 11) and 4.1% (95% CI 3.4 to 4.9), respectively. Among individuals with CHD who were underweight at age 1 year (n=78), 51 (65%) had additional BMI recordings between ages 2 and 5 years with a subsequently diminished prevalence of underweight of 27% (95% CI 20 to 35) and none were obese.
conclusionThe CHD population had an increased prevalence of underweight compared with the general population. Data indicated potential for BMI normalisation among those initially underweight at age 1 year. The prevalence of obesity in children with CHD was comparable with that of the general population.
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