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Resting energy expenditure and nutritional status in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
J Rheumatol
September 1999
Department of Gastroenterology, Het Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis University Hospital for Children and Youth, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Objective: Undernutrition is frequently encountered in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). We assessed resting energy expenditure (REE) in relation to nutritional status and body composition in patients with JRA.
Methods: We selected 33 children (age 6 to 18 yrs) with JRA (13 oligoarticular, 10 polyarticular, 10 systemic JRA) and 17 controls matched for age and sex.