European Pregnancy and Paediatric HIV Cohort Collaboration (EPPI
(2019)
Height and timing of growth spurt during puberty in young people living with vertically acquired HIV in Europe and Thailand.
AIDS, 33 (12).
pp. 1897-1910.
ISSN 1473-5571
https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002294
SGUL Authors: Sharland, Michael Roy
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe growth during puberty in young people with vertically acquired HIV. DESIGN: Pooled data from 12 paediatric HIV cohorts in Europe and Thailand. METHODS: One thousand and ninety-four children initiating a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor or boosted protease inhibitor based regimen aged 1-10 years were included. Super Imposition by Translation And Rotation (SITAR) models described growth from age 8 years using three parameters (average height, timing and shape of the growth spurt), dependent on age and height-for-age z-score (HAZ) (WHO references) at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. Multivariate regression explored characteristics associated with these three parameters. RESULTS: At ART initiation, median age and HAZ was 6.4 [interquartile range (IQR): 2.8, 9.0] years and -1.2 (IQR: -2.3 to -0.2), respectively. Median follow-up was 9.1 (IQR: 6.9, 11.4) years. In girls, older age and lower HAZ at ART initiation were independently associated with a growth spurt which occurred 0.41 (95% confidence interval 0.20-0.62) years later in children starting ART age 6 to 10 years compared with 1 to 2 years and 1.50 (1.21-1.78) years later in those starting with HAZ less than -3 compared with HAZ at least -1. Later growth spurts in girls resulted in continued height growth into later adolescence. In boys starting ART with HAZ less than -1, growth spurts were later in children starting ART in the oldest age group, but for HAZ at least -1, there was no association with age. Girls and boys who initiated ART with HAZ at least -1 maintained a similar height to the WHO reference mean. CONCLUSION: Stunting at ART initiation was associated with later growth spurts in girls. Children with HAZ at least -1 at ART initiation grew in height at the level expected in HIV negative children of a comparable age.
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Article
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Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: |
European Pregnancy and Paediatric HIV Cohort Collaboration (EPPICC) study group, Europe, growth, height, HIV, perinatal, puberty, Thailand, 06 Biological Sciences, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Virology |
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: |
Academic Structure > Infection and Immunity Research Institute (INII) |
Journal or Publication Title: |
AIDS |
ISSN: |
1473-5571 |
Language: |
eng |
Dates: |
Date | Event |
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1 October 2019 | Published | 17 May 2019 | Accepted |
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Publisher License: |
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 |
PubMed ID: |
31274534 |
Web of Science ID: |
WOS:000507295000010 |
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URI: |
https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/111644 |
Publisher's version: |
https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002294 |
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