Growth and Body Composition in Children

The Catholic University of Korea

Status

Completed

Conditions

Child Development

Disability, Developmental

Growth

Treatments

Diagnostic Test: Measurement of growth and body composition

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03653754

VC17ONSI0200

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is planned to measure and compare body composition indexes and growth between typically developing children and those with disabilities in South Korea for understanding the nutritional and growth status.

Full description

Inclusion criteria for typically developing children
1. typically developing children in 5th and 6th grades of elementary schools
2. children whose parents checked the agreement form distributed by schools
Inclusion criteria for children with disabilities
1. children and adolescent who are in special schools
2. children whose parents checked the agreement form distributed by schools
3. children who were able to cooperate during the body composition analysis
Exclusion criteria for both groups
1. those whom do not have written informed consent
2. who are not able to stay calmly during the body composition analysis
All measurements done at two elementary schools on the day of the annual physical examination
Measurement of height and body weight for growth
Measurement of body composition index: Inbody 770 and Inbody S10, body composition analyzers

Enrollment

428 patients

Sex

All

Ages

6 to 18 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Those who agreed to participate both parents and a child
Typically developing children: among the 5th and 6th grade of two elementary schools.
Children with neurodevelopmental disabilities: among the students in a special school.

Exclusion criteria