10 research outputs found
Neck circumference as predictor of excess body fat and cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents
Creation of a reference dataset of neck sizes in children: standardizing a potential new tool for prediction of obesity-associated diseases?
Acurácia da gordura corporal e do perĂmetro da cintura para predizer alterações metabĂłlicas de risco cardiovascular em adolescentes
Anthropometric cut-off values identifying Greek children at risk of hypertension: the Healthy Growth Study
Anthropometric risk factors for elevated blood pressure in adolescents in Turkey aged 11–17
Prehypertension in Children and Adolescents: Association with Body Weight and Neck Circumference
Turkish Turner Syndrome Study Group
Objective: Children with Turner syndrome (TS) have a specific growth pattern that is quite different from that of healthy children. Many countries have population-specific growth charts for TS. Considering national and ethnic differences, we undertook this multicenter collaborative study to construct growth charts and reference values for height, weight and body mass index (BMI) from 3 years of age to adulthood for spontaneous growth of Turkish girls with TS.Methods: Cross-sectional height and weight data of 842 patients with TS, younger than 18 years of age and before starting any therapy, were evaluated.Results: The data were processed to calculate the 3rd, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th and 97th percentile values for defined ages and to construct growth curves for height-for-age, weight-for-age and BMI-for-age of girls with TS. The growth pattern of TS girls in this series resembled the growth pattern of TS girls in other reports, but there were differences in height between our series and the others.Conclusion: This study provides disease-specific growth charts for Turkish girls with TS. These disease-specific national growth charts will serve to improve the evaluation of growth and its management with growth-promoting therapeutic agents in TS patients