PURPOSE: To do a follow-up sonography assessment of the thymic size in infants at an age of 24 months, and to create a longitudinal prediction model for the thymic index covering all ages from birth to 24 months. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Of 37 infants examined in an earlier investigation, 34 attended a 24-month follow-up examination. The thymic index, a volume estimate, was assessed by sonography and compared to clinical variables, breast-feeding status and illness. The longitudinal prediction model was based on data throughout 2 years. RESULTS: There was no significant relation between the thymic index and the clinical variables, breast-feeding status or illness at 24 months. An overall test for the effect of breast-feeding status at 4 months for infants from 0-24 months was significant, as was the actual body length of the infants from 0-8 months. Prediction models were estimated. CONCLUSION: Based on a 24-month longitudinal sonography study, prediction models are presented whereby the thymic size, as an index, can be predicted at all times from birth to 24 months of age.
PURPOSE: To do a follow-up sonography assessment of the thymic size in infants at an age of 24 months, and to create a longitudinal prediction model for the thymic index covering all ages from birth to 24 months. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Of 37 infants examined in an earlier investigation, 34 attended a 24-month follow-up examination. The thymic index, a volume estimate, was assessed by sonography and compared to clinical variables, breast-feeding status and illness. The longitudinal prediction model was based on data throughout 2 years. RESULTS: There was no significant relation between the thymic index and the clinical variables, breast-feeding status or illness at 24 months. An overall test for the effect of breast-feeding status at 4 months for infants from 0-24 months was significant, as was the actual body length of the infants from 0-8 months. Prediction models were estimated. CONCLUSION: Based on a 24-month longitudinal sonography study, prediction models are presented whereby the thymic size, as an index, can be predicted at all times from birth to 24 months of age.
Authors: Sophie E Moore; A M Prentice; Y Wagatsuma; A J C Fulford; A C Collinson; R Raqib; M Vahter; L A Persson; S E Arifeen Journal: Acta Paediatr Date: 2009-04-27 Impact factor: 2.299
Authors: Sophie E Moore; Anthony J C Fulford; Yukiko Wagatsuma; Lars Å Persson; Shams E Arifeen; Andrew M Prentice Journal: Int J Epidemiol Date: 2013-12-23 Impact factor: 7.196