Gastroenterology
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 430-438 , August 2010

Determinants of Changes in Linear Growth and Body Composition in Incident Pediatric Crohn's Disease

  • Meena Thayu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Meena Thayu, MD, MSCE, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104. fax: (215) 590-0604
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  • Lee A. Denson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Justine Shults

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Babette S. Zemel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Jon M. Burnham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Robert N. Baldassano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Krista M. Howard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Anne Ryan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Mary B. Leonard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Received 26 January 2010 ,Accepted 21 April 2010.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding National Institutes of Health R01DK60030, K23 DK082012, K24 DK076808, and R01 DK068164; North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Clinical Translational Research Center UL1 RR024134.

PII: S0016-5085(10)00617-7

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.04.044

Gastroenterology
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 430-438 , August 2010