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Height, weight and bone maturation in children with chronic renal failure(CRF)have been widely investigated, but other anthropometric measurements in these patients are almost entirely lacking. Cross-sectional measurements of body height and weight, bone age, percent cortical area of the 2nd metacarpal bone, mid-arm circumference and skinfold thicknesses were done in 85 children treated by RDT in 8 pediatric centres in Europe. Biochemical examination included serum albumin, prealbumin, and transferrin as indices of body protein mass(BPM). Nutritional intake(NI) was calculated from dietary records. BPM and NI did not correlate with height, but correlated with weight(p<0.05), There was no correlation of NI with skinfold thicknesses, muscle area and fat area at the mid-arm. Fat mass was more reduced than muscle mass. The data confirms that, although a satisfactory nutritional status is required for allowing children with CRF to grow, further factors are involved in the pathogenesis of growth retardation on RDT.
*Supported by an EDTA-Travenol grant to the senior author.
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Gilli, G., Mehls, O. & Schärer, K. ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS IN CHILDREN ON REGULAR DIALYSIS TREATMENT (RDT). Pediatr Res 14, 993 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198008000-00119
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198008000-00119