Kidney size in Children of Post-Weaning age: Does Nutrition have an Effect?

Authors

  • Shatanik Sarkar Department of Paediatrics, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Bidhan Sarani, Shyam Bazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700004, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3975-8612
  • Chaitali Patra Tapan Sinha Memorial Hospital, Mahanayak Uttamkumar Sarani, Ashok Nagar, Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal 700040, India.
  • Debasree Guha 1Department of Paediatrics, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Bidhan Sarani, Shyam Bazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700004, India
  • Malay Kumar Dasgupta 3 Professor and Head, Department of Paediatrics, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Raja Subodh Chandra Mallick Rd, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India.
  • Santanu Das Professor, Department of Radiology, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Bidhan Sarani, Shyam Bazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700004, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v42i1.37245

Keywords:

Anthropometry, Malnutrition, Relative Renal Volume, Ultrasound

Abstract

Introduction: This study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of nutrition on kidney size and to determine the correlation between renal parameters and different anthropometric parameters.

Methods: This hospital-based descriptive observational study has been done in a tertiary care centre of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Fifty malnourished children & 50 healthy children (Controls) within the age group of six months to five years were included in the study. Anthropometric parameters (e.g. weight, height, mid-arm circumference, skinfold thickness etc.) were measured manually and bilateral kidney sizes were measured by ultrasound.

Results: Malnourished children had significantly lower weight, mid arm circumference, skinfold thickness, body mass index and body surface area [p < 0.001], but the difference in height / length was not significant (p = 0.074). The length, width, depth and volume of both left and right kidneys and relative renal volume were significantly lower in the malnourished children (p < 0.001). But, the same significance has not been found with kidney width, thickness or volume.

Conclusions: Malnutrition adversely affects kidney growth in children of post-weaning age.

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Published

2022-11-27

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Sarkar, S., Patra, C., Guha, D., Dasgupta, M. K. ., & Das, S. (2022). Kidney size in Children of Post-Weaning age: Does Nutrition have an Effect? . Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society, 42(1), 80–86. https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v42i1.37245

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Vol. 42 No. 1 (2022)

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