High blood pressure and overweight in children with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: a nationwide population-based cohort study

Autor: Gabriella B. Mörlin, Yasmin D. Hailer
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2474
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-020-03889-9
Popis: Abstract Purpose Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) and its association with cardiovascular diseases, obesity and hypertension has been consistently observed but remains cloudy. This study aimed to investigate the presence of hypertension and overweight/obesity at diagnosis of LCPD and at a 2-year follow-up and its association with age, sex and lateral pillar classification. Method We compared blood pressure (BP) (n = 93) and body mass index (BMI) (n = 125) in patients registered in the Perthes’ register - a part of the Swedish pediatric orthopedic quality register (SPOQ) - with normative data for children with the same age and sex. Results In children with LCPD 19% had high BP. At the 2-year follow-up, 13% had high BP. For children with LCPD, 30% were either overweight or obese. At the 2-year follow-up, 32% were either overweight or obese. Paired analysis showed stable BMI z-score between these 2 measurements. The sample size of this study was too small to analyze possible associations of high BP or BMI with age, sex and lateral pillar classification. Conclusions The prevalence of hypertension was higher in children with LCPD compared to general pediatric normative data. The same pattern was seen for overweight/obesity. Further studies are needed to investigate whether BP and obesity are catalyzing factors in the etiology of LCPD.
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