Growth trajectories in children with cleft lip and/or palate
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Growth trajectories in children with cleft lip and/or palate
Abstract
Introduction: the nutritional status and growth of children with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) can be affected due to feeding difficulties caused by their anatomy and the surgical interventions. Objective: this retrospective longitudinal study aims to analyse the growth trajectories of a cohort of children with CL/P and compare them with a healthy representative cohort of children from Aragon (Spain). Methods: type of cleft, surgical technique and sequelae, and weight, length/height and body mass index (BMI) (weight/height2) at different ages (0-6 years) were recorded. Normalized age- and sex-specific anthropometric Z-scores values were calculated by World Health Organization (WHO) charts. Results: forty-one patients (21 male, 20 female) were finally included: 9.75 % cleft lip (n = 4/41), 41.46 % cleft palate (n = 17/41) and 48.78 % cleft lip and palate (n = 20/41). The worst nutritional status Z-scores were achieved at the age of three months (44.44 % and 50 % had a weight and a BMI lower than -1 Z-score, respectively). Mean weight and BMI Z-scores were both significantly lower than controls at one, three and six months of age, recovering from that moment until the age of one year. Conclusions: the highest nutritional risk in CL/P patients takes place at 3-6 months of age, but nutritional status and growth trajectories get recovered from one year of age compared to their counterparts. Nevertheless, the rate of thin subjects among CL/P patients is higher during childhood.
Introducción: el estado nutricional y el crecimiento de los niños con labio y/o paladar fisurado (CL/P) pueden verse afectados debido a las dificultades de alimentación provocadas por su anatomía y las intervenciones quirúrgicas. Objetivo: este estudio longitudinal retrospectivo tiene como objetivo analizar las trayectorias de crecimiento de una cohorte de niños con CL/P y compararlos con una cohorte representativa de niños sanos de Aragón (España). Métodos: se registraron el tipo de fisura, la técnica quirúrgica y las secuelas, el peso, la longitud/talla y el índice de masa corporal (IMC) (peso/talla2) a diferentes edades (0-6 años). Se calcularon las Z-score de los valores antropométricos según edad y sexo, mediante las tablas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). Resultados: se incluyeron 41 pacientes (21 hombres, 20 mujeres): 9,75 % con fisura labial (n = 4/41), 41,46 % con fisura palatina (n = 17/41) y 48,78 % con fisura labiopalatina (n = 20/41). Los valores Z-scores de la antropometría más bajos se alcanzaron a los tres meses de edad (el 44,44 % y el 50 % tenían un peso y un IMC inferiores a -1 Z-score, respectivamente). Los valores de peso medio y de las puntuaciones Z del IMC fueron significativamente más bajos en los pacientes con fisura que en los controles a los uno, tres y seis meses de edad, recuperándose a partir de ese momento hasta equipararse al año de edad. Conclusiones: el mayor riesgo nutricional en pacientes con CL/P se presenta entre los tres y seis meses de edad, pero su estado nutricional y las trayectorias de crecimiento se normalizan a partir del año de edad. Sin embargo, la proporción de individuos delgados entre los pacientes con CL/P es mayor durante la infancia.
Keywords: Fisura labial. Fisura palatina. Crecimiento. Nutrición..
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