Publication: Kidney size in Children of Post-Weaning age: Does Nutrition have an Effect?
Date
2022
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Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Introduction: This study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of nutrition on kidney size and to determine the correlation between renal parameters and different anthropometric parameters.
Methods: This hospital-based descriptive observational study has been done in a tertiary care centre of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Fifty malnourished children & 50 healthy children (Controls) within the age group of six months to five years were included in the study. Anthropometric parameters (e.g. weight, height, mid-arm circumference, skinfold thickness etc.) were measured manually and bilateral kidney sizes were measured by ultrasound.
Results: Malnourished children had significantly lower weight, mid arm circumference, skinfold thickness, body mass index and body surface area [p < 0.001], but the difference in height / length was not significant (p = 0.074). The length, width, depth and volume of both left and right kidneys and relative renal volume were significantly lower in the malnourished children (p < 0.001). But, the same significance has not been found with kidney width, thickness or volume.
Conclusions: Malnutrition adversely affects kidney growth in children of post-weaning age.
Description
Shatanik Sarkar
Department of Paediatrics, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Bidhan Sarani, Shyam Bazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700004, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3975-8612
Chaitali Patra
Tapan Sinha Memorial Hospital, Mahanayak Uttamkumar Sarani, Ashok Nagar, Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal 700040, India.
Debasree Guha
1Department of Paediatrics, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Bidhan Sarani, Shyam Bazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700004, India
Malay Kumar Dasgupta
3 Professor and Head, Department of Paediatrics, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Raja Subodh Chandra Mallick Rd, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India.
Santanu Das
Professor, Department of Radiology, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Bidhan Sarani, Shyam Bazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700004, India.
Keywords
Anthropometry, Malnutrition, Relative Renal Volume, Ultrasound