Relationship between Short Stature and Serum Ferritin in Children with Beta Thalassemia Major

S. M. Lubis, B. Lubis

2018

Abstract

Short stature has been recognized in thalassemia major patients for many years and continue to be common problems despite regular transfusion and chelation therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between short stature and serum ferritin in children with beta thalassemia major. A cross sectional study was carried out in children with beta thalassemia major who met the inclusion criteria and selected based on consecutive sampling, aged less than 18 years, regularly visited Thalassemia Day-Care Centre at H. Adam Malik and Universitas Sumatera Utara General Hospital. This study was conducted in March to May 2018. Data was collected through the questionnaire, anthropometric measurements, and blood test analysis. Descriptive statistics and chi-square test were performed, p<0.05 was considered as significant level. There were 56 children were recruited in this study, females and males comprised 27 (48.2%) and 29 (51.8%) respectively, 60.2% of subjects had short stature and 14.3% had severe thinness. The mean serum ferritin levels were 5081.41±4503.65 ng/mL. Age at diagnosis was 40±33.61 months. This study found there was no significant association between serum ferritin levels with short stature but significant association was identified between age at diagnosis and short stature.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lubis S. and Lubis B. (2018). Relationship between Short Stature and Serum Ferritin in Children with Beta Thalassemia Major.In Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR, ISBN 978-989-758-449-7, pages 891-897. DOI: 10.5220/0010098908910897

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosteerr18,
author={S. M. Lubis and B. Lubis},
title={Relationship between Short Stature and Serum Ferritin in Children with Beta Thalassemia Major},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,},
year={2018},
pages={891-897},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010098908910897},
isbn={978-989-758-449-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,
TI - Relationship between Short Stature and Serum Ferritin in Children with Beta Thalassemia Major
SN - 978-989-758-449-7
AU - Lubis S.
AU - Lubis B.
PY - 2018
SP - 891
EP - 897
DO - 10.5220/0010098908910897