Nutritional status of children and adolescents with haemophilia in Basra, Iraq

• Published in: Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia 2019-11, Vol.25 (6), p.e353-e360
• Main Authors: Abdulaziz, Jaafar Sadek, Hassan, Meaad Kadhum
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Body mass index; Body weight; Case-Control Studies; Child; Children; Female; haemophilia; Hemophilia; Hemophilia A - epidemiology; Hemophilia A - physiopathology; Hemophilia B - epidemiology; Hemophilia B - physiopathology; Hepatitis C; Humans; Iraq; Male; Morbidity; Nutritional Status; Obesity; Overweight; Physical activity; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Risk Factors; thinness
• ISSN: 1351-8216; 1365-2516
• DOI: 10.1111/hae.13837

Introduction Patients with haemophilia are at increased risk of being overweight or obese, which in turn may have a profound effect on morbidity and quality of life. Aims To assess the nutritional status of paediatric patients with haemophilia and identify possible risk factors that may adversely affect their nutritional status. Methods A case‐control study was performed on 63 haemophilia patients and 135 control subjects aged 5‐18 years. For all participants, weight, height and body mass index Z (BMIZ) score were assessed. Physical activity (PA) was assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire and the Children's Physical Activity Questionnaire for participants ≥15 years and 5‐14 years old, respectively. Results The frequency of overweight and obesity was 36.29% among the control group compared with 23.81% among patients, while thinness was higher in patients with haemophilia (19.05%) compared with 9.63% in the control group, P = .042. Low PA was reported in 22.73% of haemophilia patients aged 5‐14 years compared with 2.06% in the control group, P