Growth and weight gain in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results from the ReACCh-Out cohort.
Jaime GuzmanTristan KerrLeanne M WardJinhui MaKiem OenAlan M RosenbergBrian M FeldmanGilles BoireKristin HoughtonPaul DanceyRosie ScuccimarriAlessandra BrunsAdam M HuberKaren Watanabe DuffyNatalie J ShiffRoberta A BerardDeborah M LevyElizabeth StringerKimberly MorishitaNicole JohnsonDavid A CabralMaggie LarchéRoss E PettyRonald M LaxerEarl SilvermanPaivi MiettunenAnne-Laure ChetailleElie HaddadLynn SpiegelStuart E TurveyHeinrike SchmelingBianca LangJanet EllsworthSuzanne E RamseyJohannes RothSarah CampilloSusanne BenselerGaëlle ChédevilleRayfel SchneiderShirley M L TseRoxana BolariaKatherine GrossDebbie FeldmanBonnie CameronRoman JurencakJean DorvalClaire LeBlancClaire St CyrMichele GibbonRae S M YeungCiarán M DuffyLori B TuckerPublished in: Pediatric rheumatology online journal (2017)
Most children in this modern JIA cohort grew and gained weight as children in the general population. About 1 in 10 children who had systemic arthritis, uncontrolled disease and/or prolonged corticosteroid use, had increased risk of growth impairment.