Impaired bone geometry after heart and heart-lung transplantation in childhood.

Background: Impaired bone health has been advocated after solid organ transplantation in adult and pediatric patients. Osteoporosis accompanied by fractures have been found also in heart transplantation recipients.

Methods: Parameters of bone mineral density (BMD) and bone geometry were measured in 34 patients (15 females, mean age: 14.

Reduced muscle mass and bone size in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Background: Decreased bone mineral density has been reported in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We used peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) to assess bone mineralization, geometry, and muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) in pediatric IBD.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study, pQCT of the forearm was applied in 143 IBD patients (mean age 13.

Bone size normalizes with age in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

Objective: The aim of this study was to establish whether type 1 diabetes has a long-term effect on bone development in children and adolescents.

Research Design And Methods: Bone characteristics and muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) were analyzed cross-sectionally in 41 (19 female and 22 male) patients and were reevaluated after 5.56 +/- 0.

Age of onset of type 1 diabetes in children and carotid intima medial thickness.

Context: Cardiovascular disease due to atherosclerosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in adult diabetic patients. In children, signs of subclinical atherosclerosis such as increased intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid arteries have been detected in several studies. However, concerns may arise about the different analyzing methods used because measurements in patients and controls differ significantly.