Peculiarities of the physical growth of school children and teenagers with chronic diseases of the gastroduodenal area

Abstract

The objective of this research was to study the physical development of schoolchildren and teenagers with chronic gastroduodenal pathology (СGDP). The basis of the work was a multifactor analysis of 1547 schoolchildren from 6 to 15 years old. We carried out a study of physical growth indicators, including body height for age and weight for age and body mass index (BMI). To maintain the reliability of the study, we selected only children with СGDP, excluding children with functional impairments not associated with damage to these organs. СGDP included chronic gastritis, gastroduodenitis, duodenitis, gastric ulcers, and duodenal ulcers. The results indicated weight loss in children with CGDP against a background of increased growth compared to the control group (63.64%). These were mainly children with various forms of chronic gastritis and gastroduodenitis. Analysis of BMI evinced that 35.66% of children showed a decrease in the index (BMI<18.5), while 55.24% had BMI=20-25, and 7.69% BMI=25-29.9. We observed in children and teenagers with СGDP physical growth disorders, such as a reduction or increase in body weight compared with healthy coevals. The differences observed were dependent on the gastroduodenal area pathology type. Registered with ClinicalTrials.gov PRS ID: NCT04702542 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04702542).