Mariana Del Pino1, Alicia B Orden2,3, María A Arenas4, Virginia Fano4. 1. Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. mdelpino@intramed.net. 2. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Desarrollo e Investigaciones Pediátricas (IDIP-MS/CICPBA). 3. Hospital de Niños Sor M. Ludovica, La Plata, Argentina. 4. Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Abnormal body proportions may indicate skeletal disorders; therefore, their detection has great clinical significance. OBJETIVES: To estimate centiles for head circumference/height (HC/H) and sitting height/height (SH/H) ratios, and assess their diagnostic usefulness among a group of children with skeletal dysplasia. METHODS: Centiles 3, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90 and 97 for HC/H and SH/H ratios were estimated with the LMS method using Box-Cox transformation to normalize data distribution for each age. Q-Q plot tests were applied to evaluate normality of residuals and the Q test to calculate goodness-of-fit. RESULTS: The sample included 4818 girls and4803 boys, all healthy, between 0-17 years old. The median of the SH/H ratio for each age decreased from 0.67 at birth to 0.57 at age 4. At 12 years of age, values reached 0.52 and 0.53 for males and females, respectively, remaining unchanged until age 17. The median of the HC/H ratio decreased from 0.45 at 6 years old to 0.34 at 17 years old for both sexes. Z-scores for SH/H among 20 children diagnosed with hypochondroplasia were better at showing abnormal proportions than the SH/H ratio not adjusted by age. CONCLUSIONS: Estimated centiles for HC/H and SH/H ratios show that the most dramatic changes in body proportions occur in the prepubertal period. These references allow an earlier detection of abnormal body proportions in children with skeletal dysplasia.
INTRODUCTION: Abnormal body proportions may indicate skeletal disorders; therefore, their detection has great clinical significance. OBJETIVES: To estimate centiles for head circumference/height (HC/H) and sitting height/height (SH/H) ratios, and assess their diagnostic usefulness among a group of children with skeletal dysplasia. METHODS: Centiles 3, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90 and 97 for HC/H and SH/H ratios were estimated with the LMS method using Box-Cox transformation to normalize data distribution for each age. Q-Q plot tests were applied to evaluate normality of residuals and the Q test to calculate goodness-of-fit. RESULTS: The sample included 4818 girls and4803 boys, all healthy, between 0-17 years old. The median of the SH/H ratio for each age decreased from 0.67 at birth to 0.57 at age 4. At 12 years of age, values reached 0.52 and 0.53 for males and females, respectively, remaining unchanged until age 17. The median of the HC/H ratio decreased from 0.45 at 6 years old to 0.34 at 17 years old for both sexes. Z-scores for SH/H among 20 children diagnosed with hypochondroplasia were better at showing abnormal proportions than the SH/H ratio not adjusted by age. CONCLUSIONS: Estimated centiles for HC/H and SH/H ratios show that the most dramatic changes in body proportions occur in the prepubertal period. These references allow an earlier detection of abnormal body proportions in children with skeletal dysplasia.
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Keywords:
body proportions; growth curves; head circumference/height ratio; hypochondroplasia; sitting height/height ratio
Authors: Mariana Del Pino; Miriam Aza-Carmona; David Medino-Martín; Abel Gomez; Karen E Heath; Virginia Fano; María Gabriela Obregon Journal: J Pediatr Genet Date: 2019-05-28