Height Velocity Percentiles in Indian Children Aged 5-17 Years.

Objective: To assess height velocity and develop height velocity percentiles in 5-17-year-old Indian children; and to study the magnitude and age at peak height velocity.

Design: Mixed longitudinal study.

Setting: Private schools at Pune and Delhi.

Height-specific blood pressure cutoffs for screening elevated and high blood pressure in children and adolescents: an International Study.

Pediatric blood pressure (BP) reference tables are generally based on sex, age, and height and tend to be cumbersome to use in routine clinical practice. In this study, we aimed to develop a new, height-specific simple BP table according to the international child BP reference table based on sex, age and height and to evaluate its performance using international data. We validated the simple table in a derivation cohort that included 58,899 children and adolescents aged 6-17 years from surveys in 7 countries (China, India, Iran, Korea, Poland, Tunisia, and the United States) and in a validation cohort that included 70,072 participants from three other surveys (China, Poland and Seychelles).

Effect of Antioxidant Supplementation on Total Antioxidant Status in Indian Children with Type 1 Diabetes.

Hyperglycemia results in the overproduction of free oxygen radicals that impair the endogenous antioxidant defenses. A randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the effect of 3 months of antioxidant supplementation in the form of foods rich in micronutrients with pharmacological supplement on total antioxidant status of Indian children with type 1 diabetes. Ninety children with diabetes (mean age 11.

Reference Centile Curves for Body Fat Percentage, Fat-free Mass, Muscle Mass and Bone Mass Measured by Bioelectrical Impedance in Asian Indian Children and Adolescents.

Objective: To create gender-specific percentile curves for percent body fat (%BF) by Bio electrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) for screening adiposity and risk of hypertension in Indian children and generate reference curves for percent fat-free mass (%FFM), muscle mass (%LM) and bone mineral content (BMC) by using bioelectrical impedance.

Design: Secondary analysis of data from previous multicenter cross-sectional studies.

Setting: Private schools from five regions of India.

Validation of Bioelectric Impedance Analysis against Dual-energy X-Ray Absorptiometry for Assessment of Body Composition in Indian Children Aged 5 to 18 Years.

Objective: To validate body composition measurements by Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA) against Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) as the reference method in healthy children and adolescents.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: Schools in and around Pune city, India.

Longitudinal Growth in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes.

Objective: To study longitudinal growth in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Methods: Anthropometry, disease duration, insulin regimens and HbA1C recorded from patients with diabetes enrolled in a specialty clinic.

Results: 160 children (75 boys; mean (SD) age 9.

Performance of Eleven Simplified Methods for the Identification of Elevated Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents.

The identification of elevated blood pressure (BP) in children and adolescents relies on complex percentile tables. The present study compares the performance of 11 simplified methods for assessing elevated or high BP in children and adolescents using individual-level data from 7 countries. Data on BP were available for a total of 58 899 children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years from 7 national surveys in China, India, Iran, Korea, Poland, Tunisia, and the United States.

Association Between Metabolic Control and Lipid Parameters in Indian Children with Type 1 Diabetes.

Objective: To compare lipid parameters between diabetics and controls and to study association between metabolic control and lipid profile.

Methods: Lipid profile and HbA1c were measured (n=80, 39 boys) in diabetic children [age 10.7(3.

Establishing International Blood Pressure References Among Nonoverweight Children and Adolescents Aged 6 to 17 Years.

Background: Several distributions of country-specific blood pressure (BP) percentiles by sex, age, and height for children and adolescents have been established worldwide. However, there are no globally unified BP references for defining elevated BP in children and adolescents, which limits international comparisons of the prevalence of pediatric elevated BP. We aimed to establish international BP references for children and adolescents by using 7 nationally representative data sets (China, India, Iran, Korea, Poland, Tunisia, and the United States).

Bone status of Indian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: Low bone mineral density has been reported in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1DM). The aims of this cross-sectional study were to study growth, serum IGF1 concentrations and bone health parameters assessed by Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA).

Methods: Height was measured and converted to Z scores (HAZ).

Dietary modifications to improve micronutrient status of Indian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

Introduction: Diet plays a crucial role for maintaining normal growth and development while optimizing glycemic control in children with diabetes. Dietary restrictions, in a diabetic child's diet may lead to micronutrient deficiencies.

Objectives: To examine dietary nutritional deficiencies of Asian Indian children with Type 1 diabetes mellitus and develop micronutrient-rich recipes suitable for them.

Waist circumference percentiles in 2-18 year old Indian children.

Objectives: To develop reference percentile curves in Indian children for waist circumference (WC), and to provide a cutoff of WC percentile to identify children at risk for metabolic syndrome (MS).

Study Design: A multicenter, cross-sectional study was performed in 5 major Indian cities. Height, weight, and blood pressure (BP) were measured in 10,842 children (6065 boys).

Growth status of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Background And Objectives: Growth parameters are important indicators of a child's overall health, and they are influenced by factors like blood glucose control in diabetic children. Data on growth parameters of Indian diabetic children is scarce. This retrospective, cross-sectional, case control study was conducted at diabetes clinic for children at a tertiary care center at Pune, to study growth parameters of diabetic children in comparison with age-gender matched healthy controls and evaluate effect of different insulin regimes and age at diagnosis of diabetes on growth.

Tethered lipid bilayers on electrolessly deposited gold for bioelectronic applications.

This paper presents the formation of a novel biomimetic interface consisting of an electrolessly deposited gold film overlaid with a tethered bilayer lipid membrane (tBLM). Self-assembly of colloidal gold particles was used to create an electrolessly deposited gold film on a glass slide. The properties of the film were characterized using field-effect scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy.