Longitudinal changes in body mass index, height, and weight in children with acute myeloid leukemia

• Published in: BMC pediatrics 2024-04, Vol.24 (1), p.293-293, Article 293
• Main Authors: Wen, Xiaojia, He, Hongbo, Zhang, Ruidong, Wu, Ying, Zhang, Yuanyuan, Lin, Wei, Yu, Jiaole, Fan, Jia, Huang, Pengli, Chen, Jiajia, Li, Wenjing, Gong, Chunxiu, Zheng, Huyong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acute myeloid leukemia; Adolescent; Age; Body Height; Body Mass Index; Body Weight; Bone age; Cancer; Care and treatment; Chemotherapy; Chi-square test; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; China; Comparative analysis; Diagnosis; Drug withdrawal; Female; Health aspects; Height; Humans; Induction therapy; Kinases; Leukemia; Leukemia in children; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Nutritional status; Oncology, Experimental; Overweight; Patients; Pediatrics; Remission (Medicine); Retrospective Studies; Statistical analysis; Thinness; Weight
• ISSN: 1471-2431; 1471-2431
• DOI: 10.1186/s12887-024-04740-z

This study reported height prediction and longitudinal growth changes in Chinese pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) during and after treatment and their associations with outcomes. Changes in 88 children with AML in percentages according to the growth percentile curve for Chinese boys/girls aged 2-18/0-2 years for body mass index (BMI), height, and weight from the time of diagnosis to 2 years off therapy were evaluated. The outcomes of AML were compared among patients with different BMI levels. The proportion of underweight children (weight