Growth charts for Mexican children with Down syndrome

AbstractSpecific growth charts for children with Down syndrome (DS) have been developed in several countries, but not in Thailand. This pilot study aims to develop growth patterns for Thai children with DS, which will help clinicians to improve assessment and monitoring of the growth patterns for these children. A retrospective review of 80 children with DS who received care at Thammasat University Hospital between 2014 and 2018 was conducted. A total of 1,681 length/height and weight measurements were collected. Four sex-specific growth patterns of length/height and weight were generated with the fifth, 50th, and 95th percentile. The children with DS were lower in weight and shorter than general Thai children and children with DS in other countries. Therefore, each country should develop individual DS growth charts.

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Cardiac Defects in Mexican Children With Down Syndrome: Response

Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition) ◽

10.1016/s1885-5857(06)60181-3 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 57 (5) ◽

pp. 482

Author(s):

Jesús de Rubens Figueroa

Keyword(s):

Down Syndrome ◽

Cardiac Defects ◽

Children With Down Syndrome ◽

Mexican Children

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Anterior Open Bite and Speech Disorders in Children with Down Syndrome

The Angle Orthodontist ◽

10.2319/092006-379rr.1 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 78 (2) ◽

pp. 221-227 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Rubén López-Pérez ◽

S. Aida Borges-Yáñez ◽

Patricia López-Morales

Keyword(s):

Down Syndrome ◽

Speech Disorders ◽

Open Bite ◽

Control Group ◽

Anterior Open Bite ◽

Chi Square ◽

Children With Down Syndrome ◽

Mexican Children ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Chi Square Test

Abstract Objective: To estimate the prevalence and to determine if there is an association between anterior open bite and the presence of speech disorders in a group of Mexican children with Down syndrome (DS). Materials and Methods: The subjects were a group of Mexican children with Down syndrome (DG) and a control group (CG) of Mexican pediatric patients without disabilities matched by age. The children in both groups came from families having children with anterior open bite and children without it. A parental questionnaire, dental study casts, and a speech test were used to measure the studied variables. Data were analyzed using the chi-square test (χ2 test), and one-way analyses of variance (ANOVA), followed by the Tukey post hoc test. Results: Prevalence of anterior open bite was 31.6% in the DG and 22.8% in the CG. The total speech errors by omissions, substitutions, distortions, and additions indicated that there were significant differences between both groups (F = 31.68, P < .001). In general, no significant difference in speech disorders was observed between the DG and the CG regardless of the presence of anterior open bite. Conclusions: No association existed between speech disorders and anterior open bite in the samples studied.

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Growth Charts for Children With Down Syndrome: 1 Month to 18 Years of Age

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.81.1.102 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 81 (1) ◽

pp. 102-110

Author(s):

Christine Cronk ◽

Allen C. Crocker ◽

Siegfried M. Pueschel ◽

Alice M. Shea ◽

Elaine Zackai ◽

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Keyword(s):

Growth Rate ◽

Down Syndrome ◽

Congenital Heart ◽

Growth Charts ◽

Mathematical Function ◽

Present Sample ◽

Children With Down Syndrome ◽

Mild Disease ◽

Growing Period ◽

Severe Congenital Heart Disease

Centile charts for assessment of stature and weight reflecting expected deficient size and growth rate of home-reared children with Down syndrome are presented for two age intervals, 1 to 36 months and 2 to 18 years, based on 4650 observations on 730 children. Data were pooled and used to estimate five centiles which were smoothed using a flexible mathematical function. These data corroborate other studies of growth in children with Down syndrome demonstrating deficient growth rate throughout the growing period, but most marked in infancy and again at adolescence. Children with Down syndrome in the present sample were taller than those from institutionalized samples at all ages throughout the growing period. Children with moderate or severe congenital heart disease on average were 1.5 to 2.0 cm shorter and about 1 kg lighter than those without or with only mild disease. Mean weight and weight divided by stature squared show that children with Down syndrome have a tendency to be overweight beginning in late infancy and throughout the remainder of the growing years.

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