No Obesity Paradox in Pediatric Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to examine the role of nutrition in pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).

Background

In adults with DCM, malnutrition is associated with mortality, whereas obesity is associated with survival.

Methods

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-funded Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry was used to identify patients with DCM and categorized by anthropometric measurements: malnourished (MN) (body mass index [BMI] <5% for age ≥2 years or weight-for-length <5% for <2 years), obesity (BMI >95% for age ≥2 years or weight-for-length >95% for <2 years), or normal bodyweight (NB). Of 904 patients with DCM, 23.7% (n = 214) were MN, 13.3% (n=120) were obese, and 63.1% (n=570) were NB.

Results

Obese patients were older (9.0 vs. 5.7 years for

SUBMITTER: Castleberry CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5834393 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature