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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
Body composition in Egyptian Turner syndrome girls
Moushira Erfan Zaki1, Hanan H Afifi
1Department of Biological Anthropology, Medical Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Objective:
This cross-sectional study was undertaken to construct the new body fat % curve and provide body composition reference data for adolescent girls with Turner syndrome (TS). They diagnosed cytogenetically by blood karyotyping and not treated with growth hormone (GH).
Materials And Methods:
The study included 70 TS girls from age 13 years to age 17 years. Body composition was measured by bioelectrical impedance. Smoothed centile charts were derived by using the least mean square (LMS) method.
Results:
The new body fat curves reflect the increase of body fat mass (FM) from age 13 years to age 17 years. Body FM % of Egyptian TS girls was lower when compared with age-matched American untreated TS girls.
Conclusion:
This study presents the new body fat curves and reference values of body composition for untreated Egyptian TS adolescent girls. The present charts can be used for direct assessment of body FM % for Egyptian TS girls and evaluation for cases on GH treatment or other growth promoting therapy.
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