A questionnaire survey of growth retardation in pediatric onset inflammatory bowel disease
10.3760/cma.j.cn101480-20210408-00026
- VernacularTitle:儿童炎症性肠病患者生长迟缓的问卷调查研究
- Author:
Hui XU
1
;
Hongbo YANG
;
Yue LI
;
Huijuan ZHU
;
Yan CHEN
;
Xiaoqi ZHANG
;
Min ZHI
;
Hong GUO
;
Wen TANG
;
Xinying WANG
;
Chunhui OUYANG
Author Information
1. 中国医学科学院 北京协和医学院 北京协和医院消化内科，北京 100730
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Inflammatory bowel disease;
Children;
Growth retardation;
Prevalence;
Risk factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
2022;06(1):59-64
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the incidence, clinical characteristics and risk factors of growth retardation in pediatric onset IBD patients.Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted. IBD patients with the age at diagnosis younger than 18 years old were recruited and screened in the Wechat group of patients in 8 IBD medical centers across the country. Demographic, clinical and growth-related data were collected through questionnaire survey, and the incidences of growth retardation at the time of diagnosis and investigation were calculated. According to whether there was growth retardation at the time of investigation, the patients were divided into growth retardation group and non-growth retardation group. The influencing factors of growth retardation were analyzed by the univariate analysis and multivariate Logistic regression analysis.Results:A total of 97 patients were involved including 8 ulcerative colitis (UC) and 89 Crohn′s disease (CD). There was no growth retardation in UC patients. Among 89 patients with CD, there were 48 males and 41 females, and the age was 15.5 (1.0, 21.0) years old. At the time of investigation, 14 patients (15.7%) with growth retardation were set as the growth retardation group, and 75 without growth retardation were set as the non-growth retardation group. The incidence of growth retardation was 19.0% (16/84) at the time of diagnosis. Univariate analysis results showed that compared with non-growth retardation group, patients in growth retardation group had lower diagnostic age [5.0 (1.0, 13.8) years old vs. 14.0 (12.0, 16.0) years old, P = 0.003], severer disease activity ( P = 0.006), higher proportion of acute gastrointestinal perforation [28.6% (4/14) vs. 2.7% (2/75), P = 0.005], higher proportion of patients in using glucocorticoids [64.3% (9/14) vs. 33.3% (25/75), P = 0.029), and longer time of using glucocorticoids [1.5 (0, 6.5) months vs. 0 (0, 3.0) months, P = 0.040], while the proportion of patients using biological agents was lower [42.9% (6/14) vs. 80.0% (60/75), P = 0.010], and the time of using biological agents was shorter [0 (0, 6.3) months vs. 7.0 (1.0, 12.0) months, P = 0.006]. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the age at diagnosis of CD was still a risk factor for growth retardation after correcting other factors ( OR = 6.909, 95% CI: 1.250-38.195, P = 0.027) . Conclusion:The pediatric onset IBD patients with low diagnostic age are prone to growth retardation, which should be paid attention to.
