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Interpretation of Body Mass Index in Children with CKD

Author(s) -

Tao Gao,

Mary B. Leonard,

Babette S. Zemel,

Heidi J. Kalkwarf,

Bethany J. Foster

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

clinical journal of the american society of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1555-905X

pISSN - 1555-9041

DOI - 10.2215/cjn.09710911

Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , demography , dual energy x ray absorptiometry , lean body mass , mass index , pediatrics , body weight , bone mineral , osteoporosis , sociology

Clinical practice guidelines recommend that body mass index (BMI) in children with CKD be expressed relative to height-age (BMI-height-age-z) rather than chronologic age (BMI-age-z) to account for delayed growth and sexual maturation. This approach has not been validated. This study sought to (1) compare children who have CKD with healthy children regarding the relationships between BMI-age-z and each of relative lean mass (LM) and adiposity and (2) determine whether BMI-height-age-z reflects relative LM and adiposity in CKD in the same way that BMI-age-z does in healthy children.

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