Nutritional impairment in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Cleary, A. G. and Lancaster, Gillian and Annan, F. and Sills, J. A. and Davidson, J. E. (2004) Nutritional impairment in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Rheumatology, 43 (12). pp. 1569-1573. ISSN 1462-0324

Abstract

To investigate the relationship between nutritional impairment, measured by body mass index (BMI), expressed as an age- and sex-standardized standard deviation score (BMI SDS), and disease and patient characteristics in a UK cohort of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). A subgroup with available dietary information were analysed separately.