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Characteristics of Children Complaint Failure to Thrive  

Kim, Hyun-Hee (Hamsoa Oriental Medical Clinic)
Kim, Kyung-Yo (Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University)
Yoo, Kwan-Suk (Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University)
Joo, Jong-Cheon (Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University)
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Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine / v.20, no.4, 2006 , pp. 1085-1088 More about this Journal
Abstract
This research is purposed to find congenital and acquired factors affected percentile of height and weight. One hundred foriy two children visited to Hamsoa oriental medical clinic in Gwangju for about one year. The majority of them complaint failure to thrive and answered questionarre examined state of sleeping, living, health and diet. The mean age of them is $8.2{\pm}3.2$ years old. The mean percentile of height is $24.8{\pm}22.4$, that of male is $20.9{\pm}20.6$ and that of female is $28.7{\pm}23.5$. The highest correlation coefficient between percentile of height and congenital factors is height of mother, it is 0.289. By regression analysis, the significant congenital factors affected percentile of height are gestational age, height of fathe andr height of mother, that of weight are gestational age, height of father and height of mother. The significant correlation coefficient between percentile of height and weight and acquired factors is health and diet items.
Keywords
failure to thrive; questionairre; oriental medical clinic;
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