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A Comparative Study of Anthropometric Parameters among Children with Cyanotic and Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Subhendu Dey, Timmasarthy Yaswanth Kumar, Timmasarthy Yaswanth Kumar, Mukut Banerjee, Sumanta Laha, Rajesh Ranjan and Sayan Bera
Page: 216-220 | Received 20 May 2024, Published online: 19 Jul 2024

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Abstract

Impaired nutritional status is a complication that often occurs in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) and prevalence of underweight and stunting varies among cyanotic and noncyanotic CHD. Our study aimed to identify the areas of growth affected in both cyanotic and non‐cyanotic congenital heart disease by comparing anthropometric measurements in both types of CHD in children. It was a comparative cross sectional observational study conducted with 52 children from 1 month to 12 years age, both male and female with congenital heart diseases clinically detected and confirmed by investigations divided into two groups(cyanotic CHD 20 child and acyanotic CHD 32 child) for comparison. Study was done in the department of Paediatrics, Burdwan Medical College and Hospital for a period of one year from November 2021 to October 2022.Anthropometric measurements like height/length, weight, head circumference, skin fold thickness were done and Z‐scores were calculated for height/length for age, weight for age and weight for height/ length, head circumference and skin fold thickness in both groups and results analysed statistically. We found VSD as the commonest cyanotic CHD while TOF most common cyanotic CHD in our study. A significant number of severely underweight (45% in cyanotic,40.6% in acyanotic group), severely stunted (25% in cyanotic,46.9% in acyanotic group) and severely wasted (15% in cyanotic,6.3% in acyanotic group) children were detected and also microcephaly present in both groups(30% in cyanotic,53.1% in acyanotic group). Severe under‐nutrition was found by skin‐fold thickness for age Z‐score among cyanotic(30%) and acyanotic CHD(28.1%) children. All anthropometric parameters like weight, height, head circumference, skin fold thickness are reduced among CHD patients in different proportions. Weight was found to be more affected than height in both cyanotic and acyanotic groups. Severe wasting is more in cyanotic group, whereas severe stunting is more in acyanotic group. Microcephaly is more prevalent among acyanotic CHD children. However, there is no statistically significant difference in anthropometric profiles of children was detected between cyanotic and acyanoticcongenital heart disease in this study.

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Subhendu Dey, Timmasarthy Yaswanth Kumar, Timmasarthy Yaswanth Kumar, Mukut Banerjee, Sumanta Laha, Rajesh Ranjan and Sayan Bera. A Comparative Study of Anthropometric Parameters among Children with Cyanotic and Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease in a Tertiary Care Hospital.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.8.216.220
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