International Journal of Clinical Pediatrics, ISSN 1927-1255 print, 1927-1263 online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 7, Number 1-2, April 2018, pages 1-5

Linear Growth and Nutritional Status of Young Gabonese Sickle Cell Patients, and Associated Factors

Tables

Table 1. Means of z-Scores of Anthropometric Indices of Children Aged 0 - 59 Months Recruited
 
Cases (n = 42)Controls (n = 42)P
MeanSDMeanSD
WAZ: weight for age; HAZ: height for age index; BAZ: body mass index for age; WHZ: weight for height; HCZ: head circumference for age; MUACZ: mid-upper arm circumference for age. P, value of Student’s t-test.
WAZ-0.660.83-0.291.03NS
HAZ-0.160.760.060.98NS
BAZ-0.881.64-0.541.31NS
WHZ-0.861.23-0.581.53NS
HCZ0.671.310.571.14NS
MUACZ-0.851.45-0.191.070.04

 

Table 2. Means of z-Scores of Anthropometric Indices of Children Aged 60 - 119 Months Recruited
 
Cases (n = 33)Controls (n = 33)P
MeanSDMeanSD
WAZ: weight for age; HAZ: height for age index; BAZ: body mass index for age. P, value of Student’s t-test.
WAZ-1.411.20.081.09< 0.0001
HAZ-0.891.21.111.18< 0.0001
BAZ-1.311.59-0.961.57NS

 

Table 3. Means of z-Scores of Anthropometric Indices of Children Aged ≥ 120 Months Recruited
 
Cases (n = 43)Controls (n = 43)P
MeanSDMeanSD
HAZ: height for age index; BAZ: body mass index for age. P, value of Student’s t-test.
HAZ-1.711.66-0.061.320.0001
BAZ-2.310.91-1.231.020.014

 

Table 4. Factors Positively Correlating With the Growth Retardation of the SCA Children Included
 
rP
Number of children at home ≥ 40.270.02
Single parent family0.2NS
Mother’s education level (none/primary school)0.120.048
Mother without income generating activity0.110.03
Head of the family non-executive0.150.048
Number of transfusions (≥ 3)0.20.002
Hemoglobin level between 6 and 70.06NS
Osteo-articular complications0.12NS
Hematocrit (9.6-15.9%)0.40.003