scholarly journals Analysis of Prevalence, Influencing Factors, and Countermeasures of Short Stature in Children and Adolescents Aged 6∼14 in Furong District, Changsha City, in 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Yanyan Li ◽  
Yun Chen ◽  
Xuan Xu ◽  
Boyu Tan ◽  
Yingbo Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Short Stature ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Growth Hormone Level ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Average Height ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Changsha City

In recent years, children’s and adolescents’ growth and development issues have received increasing attention with the socioeconomic development. The etiology of child short stature involves heredity, race, sex, nutrition, and a variety of endocrine hormones, which is very complex. The age of 6∼14 is the key period of children’s development. Understanding the height characteristics, the prevalence of short stature, and its influencing factors at this stage and formulating preventive measures as soon as possible are conducive to improving the average height of children and reducing the incidence of short stature. In this study, cluster sampling was used to select 56,865 children and adolescents aged 6∼14 years old from 40 primary and secondary schools in Furong District of Changsha City, and the height of each child and adolescent was measured. The results showed that the overall crude prevalence of short stature in children aged 6∼14 in Furong District of Changsha is 2.82%. Growth hormone level <10 μg/L, pubertal retardation, familial short stature, low egg intake, and intrauterine growth retardation are independent risk factors affecting the occurrence of short stature. In order to improve the status quo of short stature of children aged 6∼14 in Furong District, Changsha City, targeted intervention should be strengthened for people with combined high risk factors.

scholarly journals Relationship between Anxiety Disorders and Anthropometric Indices, Risk Factors, and Symptoms of Cardiovascular Disorder in Children and Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nastaran Ahmadi ◽  
Mohammad Hadi Farahzadi ◽  
Mohammad Reza Mohammadi ◽  
Seyed-Ali Mostafavi ◽  
Sedigheh Saadat Moeeini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Cluster Head ◽  
Cardiovascular Disorder ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Anthropometric Indices

Objective: Anxiety is an unpleasant feeling characterized by symptoms of tachycardia, sweating, and stress. The exact relationship between anxiety and cardiovascular disorder is not well distinguished. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between anxiety disorders and anthropometric indices and risk factors, including fasting blood sugar (FBS), hyperlipidemia, and hypertension, according to the results, FBS low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and symptoms of cardiovascular disorder in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years. Method: In this community-based study, multistage cluster sampling method was used. We randomly selected 1174 children and adolescents who referred to Afshar hospital in Yazd, then, 167 blocks were randomly collected by each cluster head. Each cluster consisted of 6 cases, including three cases of each gender in different age groups (6-9, 10- 14, and 15-18 years). The clinical psychologists instructed the participants to complete the Persian version of Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia - Present and Lifetime version (K-SADS-PL). In addition, cardiovascular risk factors were determined for participants and demographic data were obtained from the participants. Results: A total of 1035 children and adolescents participated in this study. The results showed that 228 of the participants (22.2%) suffered from anxiety disorder. There was an indirect significant correlation between anxiety disorder and the symptoms of heart palpitation, shortness of breath, and chest pain. There was no statistically significant relationship between the different types of anxiety disorders and FBS, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension. According to the results, FBS and LDL are a predictor for anxiety disorders. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant association between anxiety in children and adolescents and some risk factors of cardiovascular disorder. Also, this study introduces some cardiovascular predictors of anxiety. However, further studies are needed in this regard.

scholarly journals C, the diabetics Risk Factors for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus among children and Adolescents at Suleimani Chronic Diabetes Health Center

2021 ◽  
pp. 56-68
Author(s):  
Pary Mohammad Azize ◽  
Chia H. Sadiq
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Family History ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Children And Adolescent

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic health condition worldwide and the most common endocrine disease in children and adolescences. The aim of this study is to find out the risk factors, which lead to pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes mellitus among children and adolescent in diabetes health center Suleimani city. A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted at a special center for Type 1 Diabetes Miletus A questionnaire was developed and administered to a convenience sample of (170 ) mothers or fathers. Descriptive statistics data (frequency, percentage, mean and stander deviation) and also Factorial analysis (principal component analysis) was used in order to identify the effective factors affecting diabetes in children and Adolescents. The finding show that, 39.4 %  of samples were aged between (9-13) years old, which stated as the highest rate among all age groups, while the minority of age was between (1-4) years old, which was equal to 8.2% of the total and the (Mean ±S.D) was equal to 10.44±4.04 respectively. The majority of age at diagnosis was between (5-8) years old, which is 35.3% and their food habit was normal diet, which is 73.5%, while the Sugar diet and Fatty diet were 25.9% and 0.6%y respectively. Most of the participants, 19.4% of  family history was Type 2 diabetes, which was the first rank of the family history and majority of them were Kurdish in nationality. Age at diagnosis and mode of delivery considered as the first factor affect the type 1 diabetics mellitus. The second most common factor effect on diabetes disease in children and adolescents are maternal habit and maternal disease followed by Gestational age at birth and Neonatal disease, then food habits, Neonatal weight was estimated as the fourth component factors affecting Type 1 diabetes mellitus.  Residency and Family history of autoimmune disease were ranked in the fifth line of factor, finally the weakest factor is nationality by total variance of 8.552%. The first years of life is play an important role in triggering and the development of  type 1 diabetes mellitus among children and adolescent , also maternal diseases ( gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia and perinatal infection during pregnancy), healthy diet during pregnancy and education programs are recommended  

scholarly journals Noncommunicable Diseases, Sociodemographic Vulnerability, and the Risk of Mortality in Hospitalized Children and Adolescents with COVID-19 in Brazil: A Syndemic in Play

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Braian Lucas Aguiar Sousa ◽  
Alexandra Valeria Maria Brentani ◽  
Cecilia Claudia Costa Ribeiro ◽  
Marisa Dolhnikoff ◽  
Sandra Josefina Ferraz Ellero Grisi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Regional Effect ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Risk Of Mortality ◽  
The Impact

AbstractBackgroundAlthough many studies identify the presence of comorbidities and socioeconomic vulnerabilities as risk factors for worse COVID-19 outcomes, few have addressed this issue in children. We aimed to study how these factors have impacted COVID-19 mortality in Brazilian children and adolescents.MethodsThis is an observational study using publicly available data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health. We studied 5,857 patients younger than 20 years old, all of them hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. We used multilevel mixed-effects generalized linear models to study mortality, stratifying the analysis by age, region of the country, presence of noncommunicable diseases, ethnicity, and socioeconomic development.FindingsIndividually, most of the comorbidities included were risk factors. Having more than one comorbidity increased almost tenfold the risk of death (OR 9·67 95%CI 6·89-13·57). Compared to White children, Indigenous, Pardo (mixed), and East Asian had a significantly higher risk of mortality. We also found a regional effect (higher mortality in the North), and a socioeconomic effect (higher mortality among children from less socioeconomically developed municipalities).InterpretationBesides the impact of comorbidities, we identified ethnic, regional, and socioeconomic effects shaping the mortality of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in Brazil. Putting these findings together, we propose that there is a syndemic among COVID-19 and noncommunicable diseases, driven and fostered by large-scale sociodemographic inequalities. Facing COVID-19 in Brazil must also include addressing these structural issues. Our findings also identify risk groups among children that should be prioritized for public health measures, such as vaccination.FundingNone.

A method of predicting adult height and obesity in long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

1992 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
M J Schell ◽  
J J Ochs ◽  
E A Schriock ◽  
M Carter
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Short Stature ◽  
Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Final Height ◽  
Cranial Irradiation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Lymphocytic Leukemia ◽  
Average Height ◽  
Long Term Survivors

PURPOSE Short stature and obesity have been reported among long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). We examined factors that contribute to these adverse sequelae. PATIENTS AND METHODS Serial height and weight measurements were analyzed for 91 long-term survivors who were treated for ALL between 1967 and 1975 at a single institution. These patients were all younger than 12 years at diagnosis, were in continuous complete remission, had reached final height, and had height and weight measurements within 1 year of age 18 years. They had received craniospinal (n = 33) or cranial irradiation (n = 58) to total doses of 24 Gy as CNS prophylaxis. Standard deviation scores (SDS) were used to reflect the deviation of height and weight measurements from population means, and the body mass index (BMI; weight divided by height squared) was used in assessing obesity at age 18 years. RESULTS Short stature (less than fifth percentile) was seen in 41 patients (45%), and obesity (BMI greater than or equal to 24 kg/m2) in 35 (38%). Regression formulae were developed that explain 65% and 62% of the variability in patient height and BMI, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Risk factors were identified for abnormally short stature, which was defined to be a decrease of 1.5 SDS in height from diagnosis to age 18 years. These factors include younger age and above-average height for age at diagnosis (height SDS greater than 0), craniospinal irradiation, and greater decrease in height SDS during antileukemic therapy. Risk factors for obesity at age 18 years include weight SDS greater than 0 and greater than height SDS at 1 year after the end of chemotherapy.

Studying the Birth Outcome in Tikrit Teaching Hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-57
Author(s):  
Areej Noaman
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Birth Outcome ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Healthy Baby ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Neonatal Deaths ◽  
Healthy Mother

  Background : A successful birth outcome is defined as the birth of a healthy baby to a healthy mother. While relatively low in industrialized world, maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality and neonatal deaths occur disproportionately in developing countries. Aim of the Study: To assess birth outcome and identify some risk factors affecting it for achieving favorable birth outcome in Tikrit Teaching Hospital

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