Anthropometric And Body-mass Composition Suggests An Intrinsic Feature In Williams-beuren Syndrome.

dc.creatorNogueira, Roberto José Negrão
dc.creatorZimmerman, Leonardo Ferreira
dc.creatorMoreno, Yara Maria Franco
dc.creatorComparini, Cláudia Regina
dc.creatorViana, Danilo Viela
dc.creatorVieira, Tarsis Antonio Paiva
dc.creatorSteiner, Carlos Eduardo
dc.creatorGil-da-Silva-Lopes, Vera Lúcia
dc.date
dc.date2015-11-27T13:22:07Z
dc.date2015-11-27T13:22:07Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T01:14:19Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T01:14:19Z
dc.identifierRevista Da Associação Médica Brasileira (1992). v. 57, n. 6, p. 681-5
dc.identifier0104-4230
dc.identifier
dc.identifierhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22249549
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/199733
dc.identifier22249549
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1299966
dc.descriptionAlthough considered a well-known condition, there is only one study describing the body composition among individuals with Williams-Beuren syndrome. The aim was to characterize the nutritional status in Brazilian individuals with this condition. Cross-sectional study was designed to evaluate clinical and nutritional data of 17 Brazilian patients. Z-scores for height, weight, body mass index, triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness, arm circumference, arm muscle area, arm fat area were calculated. Wilcoxon's test was used to investigate differences between the z-scores of the anthropometrical measures and zero. Four children were considered stunted and two severely malnourished. The z-score mean value for height was -1.14 ± 1.00 (p-value = 0.004), for weight, -0.67 ± 1.19 (p-value = 0.0443), for arm circumference, -0.94 ± 1.14 (p-value = 0.0222), for triceps skinfold thickness, -0.59 ± 0.63 (p-value = 0.0042) and for arm fat area -0.67 ± 0.67 (p-value = 0.0061). Short stature seen in this series confirms a previous study describing this feature in a German population, which would suggest it as an intrinsic feature in Williams-Beuren syndrome. In addition, skinfold thickness measures have not been previously performed in this syndrome and detected abnormalities in fat stores in this sample. Considering this method a fast and low-cost way to evaluate body composition, similar studies could be performed in other populations in order to better characterize this issue. Morbidity related with this genetics condition and information for clinical investigation and clinical follow-up are also discussed.
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dc.description681-5
dc.languageeng
dc.relationRevista Da Associação Médica Brasileira (1992)
dc.relationRev Assoc Med Bras
dc.rightsfechado
dc.rights
dc.sourcePubMed
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectBody Composition
dc.subjectBody Height
dc.subjectBody Size
dc.subjectBody Weight
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectChild, Preschool
dc.subjectCross-sectional Studies
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMalnutrition
dc.subjectNutritional Status
dc.subjectSkinfold Thickness
dc.subjectWilliams Syndrome
dc.titleAnthropometric And Body-mass Composition Suggests An Intrinsic Feature In Williams-beuren Syndrome.
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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