Growth After Menarche in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Growth impairment in pediatric patients with pediatric onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is multifactorial. Reports on the effect of age at menarche on adult stature in this population are limited. This study investigated the impact of age at menarche, disease-associated factors, and mid-parental height on growth from menarche to final height (FHt) in pediatric patients with Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) and IBD unclassified (IBD-U).

Methods

Subjects were enrolled from a prospectively maintained pediatric IBD database when IBD preceded menarche and dates of menarche and FHt measurements were recorded.

Results

One hundred forty-six patients: CD 112 and UC 30/IBD-U 4. Mean age (years) at diagnosis (10.9 vs 10.1), menarche (14.4 vs 14.0),

SUBMITTER: Salguero MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9889107 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature