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dc.contributor.authorNemba, K.
dc.contributor.authorLewis, B.
dc.contributor.authorWatson, Hunna
dc.contributor.authorHoiles, K.
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Guicheng
dc.contributor.authorForbes, D.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:06:13Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:06:13Z
dc.date.created2013-12-11T04:17:58Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationNemba, Kuria and Lewis, Barry and Watson, Hunna and Hoiles, Kimberley and Zhang, Guicheng and Forbes, David. 2014. Serum Ferritin and Nutritional Status: Insights From an Eating Disorders Clinic Population. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 99: pp. 221-224.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28637
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/archdischild-2012-303272
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Objective: To determine the relationship between serum ferritin and malnutrition in newly assessed patients at a paediatric eating disorders clinic. Design: This was a prospectively assessed clinical cohort study. Setting: Intake assessment clinic of a tertiary eating disorders service for children and adolescents. Methods: Clinical, anthropometric and laboratory features of children and adolescents were systematically measured. The relationship of serum ferritin to other clinical, anthropometric and laboratory measures was determined using linear regression. Results: A total of 121 female patients aged 9.5–17.6 years were included, with body mass index(BMI) z score -5.7 to 1.9 (median -1.3). Using multiple regression, serum ferritin was inversely associated with BMI z score (regression coefficient (ß)=-0.234, 95% CI -0.413 to -0.055) and serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) (ß=-0.476, 95% CI -0.884 to -0.068) and positively associated with alanine aminotransferase (ß=0.357, 95% CI 0.055 to 0.659, controlling for age, pubertal stage and serum iron).Conclusions: In malnourished adolescents with eating disorders increased serum ferritin is associated with lower BMI z score and serum IGF-1.

dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Group
dc.titleSerum Ferritin and Nutritional Status: Insights From an Eating Disorders Clinic Population
dc.typeJournal Article
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dcterms.source.endPage4
dcterms.source.issn00039888
dcterms.source.titleArchives of Disease in Childhood
curtin.departmentof Technlogy
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