Reduced body protein in children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
Am J Clin Nutr
; 83(3): 613-8, 2006 Mar.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16522908
BACKGROUND: No studies have directly measured body protein or validated skinfold-thickness anthropometry and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to assess body protein in children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (SQCP). OBJECTIVE: We aimed to measure and evaluate body protein and to determine whether skinfold-thickness anthropometry and DXA can predict body protein in children with SQCP. DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study of 59 children (22 girls, 37 boys) aged 3.9-19.5 y with SQCP. The children underwent measurements of anthropometric indexes, lean tissue mass by DXA (LTM(DXA)), and total body protein by neutron activation analysis (TBP(NAA)). In addition, TBP was estimated from both skinfold-thickness anthropometry (TBP(SKIN)) and DXA (TBP(DXA)). The agreement of TBP(SKIN) and TBP(DXA) was tested against TBP(NAA) by using Bland and Altman plot analysis. RESULTS: Height and weight SD scores (x +/- SD: -3.1 +/- 1.6 and -4.8 +/- 5.3, respectively) were significantly lower than reference data in the children with SQCP (P < 0.001). TBP(NAA) for age and height was low in the children with SQCP (P < 0.001): 56.1 +/- 17.3% and 81.5 +/- 15.7%, respectively, of the values predicted from control data. TBP(SKIN) and TBP(DXA) were both highly correlated with TBP(NAA): r = 0.90, P < 0.001, and r = 0.91, P < 0.001, respectively. Despite these significant correlations, agreement analyses showed wide variation of up to 33.3% of the mean for both methods. CONCLUSIONS: Body protein in children with SQCP is significantly reduced for age and height. Skinfold anthropometry and DXA show wide variation in estimation of body protein compared with NAA in this group of children.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quadriplegia
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Body Composition
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Proteins
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Absorptiometry, Photon
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Cerebral Palsy
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Neutron Activation Analysis
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Am J Clin Nutr
Year:
2006
Document type:
Article
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