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Evaluation of kidney size in children: a pilot study of renal length as a surrogate of organ growth

PURPOSE: Somatic growth is an important indicator of health in children. Adequate organ growth is essential in growth and directly related to body growth. We consider renal length as a surrogate of organ growth in growing children. Measurement of weight, height, and many anthropometric indices, such...

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Autores principales: Kim, Boo Won, Song, Min Kyoung, Chung, Sochung, Kim, Kyo Sun
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Pediatric Society 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3286763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22375150
http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2012.55.2.54
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Song, Min Kyoung
Chung, Sochung
Kim, Kyo Sun
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Kim, Kyo Sun
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description PURPOSE: Somatic growth is an important indicator of health in children. Adequate organ growth is essential in growth and directly related to body growth. We consider renal length as a surrogate of organ growth in growing children. Measurement of weight, height, and many anthropometric indices, such as body surface area (BSA), body mass index (BMI), and Rohrer and Kaup indices, are used to evaluate growth status. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between renal length and somatic parameters and analyze the affecting factors for renal size during growth. METHODS: The data for renal length in 66 children (age, 12.9±15.6 months; male/female, 34/32) were obtained. Each kidney was measured with ultrasonography and dimercaptosuccinic acid scan. The data on age, sex, height, and weight were obtained from the medical records. BSA, BMI, and Rohrer and Kaup indices were calculated from measured height and weight. BSA was calculated by 2 methods, and is expressed as BSA I and BSA II. RESULTS: There were significant correlations between renal size and age, weight, height, BSA I, BSA II, and Rohrer index. In the regression analysis, the most significant contributing factor to renal growth was height (R(2)=0.636, P<0.001). CONCLUSION: Height seems to be the most important factor associated with organ growth in growing children. Further studies to evaluate adequate organ growth should be carried out.
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spelling pubmed-32867632012-02-28 Evaluation of kidney size in children: a pilot study of renal length as a surrogate of organ growth Kim, Boo Won Song, Min Kyoung Chung, Sochung Kim, Kyo Sun Korean J Pediatr Original Article PURPOSE: Somatic growth is an important indicator of health in children. Adequate organ growth is essential in growth and directly related to body growth. We consider renal length as a surrogate of organ growth in growing children. Measurement of weight, height, and many anthropometric indices, such as body surface area (BSA), body mass index (BMI), and Rohrer and Kaup indices, are used to evaluate growth status. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between renal length and somatic parameters and analyze the affecting factors for renal size during growth. METHODS: The data for renal length in 66 children (age, 12.9±15.6 months; male/female, 34/32) were obtained. Each kidney was measured with ultrasonography and dimercaptosuccinic acid scan. The data on age, sex, height, and weight were obtained from the medical records. BSA, BMI, and Rohrer and Kaup indices were calculated from measured height and weight. BSA was calculated by 2 methods, and is expressed as BSA I and BSA II. RESULTS: There were significant correlations between renal size and age, weight, height, BSA I, BSA II, and Rohrer index. In the regression analysis, the most significant contributing factor to renal growth was height (R(2)=0.636, P<0.001). CONCLUSION: Height seems to be the most important factor associated with organ growth in growing children. Further studies to evaluate adequate organ growth should be carried out. The Korean Pediatric Society 2012-02 2012-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3286763/ /pubmed/22375150 http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2012.55.2.54 Text en Copyright © 2012 by The Korean Pediatric Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kim, Boo Won
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Evaluation of kidney size in children: a pilot study of renal length as a surrogate of organ growth
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title_short Evaluation of kidney size in children: a pilot study of renal length as a surrogate of organ growth
title_sort evaluation of kidney size in children: a pilot study of renal length as a surrogate of organ growth
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3286763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22375150
http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2012.55.2.54
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