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  • Title: Long-term Catch-up Growth and Risk Factors for Short Adult Height After Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Study.
    Author: Umemura K, Mita A, Ohno Y, Masuda Y, Yoshizawa K, Kubota K, Notake T, Hosoda K, Yasukawa K, Kamachi A, Goto T, Tomida H, Yamazaki S, Shimizu A, Soejima Y.
    Journal: Transplantation; 2024 Mar 01; 108(3):732-741. PubMed ID: 37691167.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Children requiring liver transplantation generally have severe growth retardation. Recipients experience posttransplantation catch-up growth, although some show short adult heights. We aimed to determine decades-long catch-up growth trends and risk factors for short adult height following liver transplantation. METHODS: We analyzed long-term height Z scores and risk factors for short adult height in a single-center retrospective cohort of 117 pediatric liver transplantation recipients who survived >5 y, with 75 of them reaching adult height. RESULTS: Median age at transplantation was 1.3 y, and the most common primary diagnosis was biliary atresia (76.9%). Mean height Z scores pretransplantation and 1, 3, and 8 y after transplantation were -2.26, -1.59, -0.91, and -0.59, respectively. The data then plateaued until 20 y posttransplantation when mean adult height Z score became -0.88, with a median follow-up of 18.6 y. Nineteen recipients did not show any catch-up growth, and one quarter of recipients had short adult height (<5th percentile of the healthy population). Multivariate analysis identified old age (odds ratio, 1.22 by 1 y; P = 0.002), low height Z scores at transplantation (odds ratio, 0.46 by 1 point; P < 0.001), and posttransplantation hospital stay ≥60 d (odds ratio, 4.95; P = 0.015) as risk factors for short adult height. In contrast, prolonged steroid use after transplantation was not considered a significant risk factor. CONCLUSIONS: Although tremendous posttransplantation catch-up growth was observed, final adult height remained inadequate. For healthy physical growth, liver transplantation should be performed as early as possible, before growth retardation becomes severe.
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