National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital Reports Findings in Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism (Relationship of the short stature at 3 years old on the height, weight, and body mass index changes for 6 years after birth: a …): Pediatrics – Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

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2023 FEB 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Pediatrics - Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism is the subject of a report. According to news reporting out of Goyang, South Korea, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “At 3 years of age, when growth inhibition due to birth history is compensated, the height is considered a major prognostic factor for evaluating short stature, underweight, and growth faltering in the future. However, large-scale studies that have followed and analyzed the height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) change in short stature at 3-year-old children are insufficient.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, “This study followed-up and compared the growth parameters (height, weight, and BMI) for six years after birth between children with short statue at 3-years-old group and children with non-short stature at 3-years-old group in a nationwide population-based scale. We retrospectively analyzed the national health screening program for infants and children (NHSPIC) physical measurement data of children born in 2011-2014 in Korea and followed to 2020, provided by the national health insurance service (NHIS) customized data service. Growth parameters were compared by Chi-square test, Student’s t-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and linear regression. Among 210,902 enrolled participants, 759 (0.4%) and 210,143 (99.6%) were in the short stature at 3-year-old group and the non-short stature at 3-year-old group, respectively. In both sexes, height, weight, and BMI for six years after birth were significantly higher in the non-short stature at 3-year-old group than those in the short stature at 3-year-old group (P <0.0001). The BMI rebound was also observed later than the standard period in the short stature at 3-year-old group.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Early intervention and close follow-up are necessary to prevent persistent short stature and growth faltering in children with short stature at 3-year-old.”

For more information on this research see: Relationship of the short stature at 3 years old on the height, weight, and body mass index changes for 6 years after birth: a retrospective, nationwide, population-based study, children born at 2011-2014 in Korea. Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2023.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Ju Hyun Jin, Dept. of Pediatrics, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Seo Jung Kim and In Hyuk Chung.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.6065/apem.2244190.095. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.