Research Article
Measurement of Bone Mineral Density in Children with Cerebral Palsy from an Ethical Issue to a Diagnostic Necessity
Table 1
Participants characteristics.
| | Total () |
| | Age at first DXA, years (range) | 7.6 (3.9–10.1) | | ≤11 years—prepubertal, (SD) | 5.2 (2.4) | | >11 years—pubertal, (SD) | 13.8 (4.2) | | Sex | | | Boys, (%) | 28 (46.67) | | Girls, (%) | 32 (53.33) | | Anthropometrics | | | Weight (kg), (SD) | 25.4 (8.1) | | Height (cm), (SD) | 125 (44) | | BMI (kg/m2), (SD) | 16.6 (5.6) | | Underweight (less than 5th percentile), (%) | 12 (20) | | Healthy weight (5th-85th percentile), (%) | 31 (51.67) | | Overweight (85th-95th percentile), (%) | 14 (23.33) | | Obesity (greater than 95th percentile), (%) | 3 (5) | | Walking ability | | | Complete immobility, (%) | 41 (68.33) | | Use of walking aids, (%) | 10 (16.67) | | Independent walk, (%) | 9 (15) | | Fracture history | | | Yes, (%) | 14 (23.33) | | No, (%) | 46 (76.67) |
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: mean; : number; SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index. |
