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Anthropometric survey on children with Down syndrome

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Abstract Objective Study of anthropometric values in the medical records of a representative group of paediatric patients with Down syndrome, from the Down syndrome Unit of the Paediatric Department of Valencia's Hospital Clinico Universitario, from 2000 to 2014. Patients and methods Descriptive observational study in a group of 140 patients between 1 and 13 years. The group was configured based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. We extracted data about birth from their first visit, and subsequently patient data at the time of each visit (643 measurements). Results 103 patients with regular trisomy of Down syndrome were recorded and studied. There were 59 (57%) boys and 44 (43%) girls. The records were then analysed and percentiles were calculated. Discussion The median was compared to that of percentiles from the Catalan Down Syndrome Foundation. Conclusions We present an observational study with anthropometric measurements of a group of Down syndrome children from Valencia. Measurements were lower than those of the WHO for the general population, but similar to those recorded by the Catalan Down Syndrome Foundation. The need to continue using customised Down syndrome percentiles is reaffirmed, with periodic review of these tables.