Nutritional status of children with inflammatory bowel disease in Saudi Arabia

Table 1 Nutritional status distribution n (%)

WHO definitions	UC = 119 (32)	CD = 255 (68)	IBD = 374 (100)
Thinness (< -2 SD)	28 (24)a	89 (35)a	117 (31)
Normal	67 (56)	129 (50)	196 (53)
Overweight (> +1 SD)	24 (20)b	37 (15)b	61 (16)

^aP = 0.037,

^bP = 0.219. WHO: World Health Organization; UC: Ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease; IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease.

Table 2 Age-specific prevalence of thinness n (%)

Age (yr)	UC	CD	P value	IBD
< 10	18/67a (26.9)	19/55 (34.5)	0.359	37/122b (30.3)
10-17	10/52a (19.2)	70/200 (35)	0.030	80/252b (32)
0.33-17	28/119 (24)	89/255 (35)	0.037	107/374 (31)

^aP = 0.450;

^bP = 0.874. UC: Ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease; IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease.

Table 3 Age-specific prevalence of overweight n (%)

Age (yr)	UC	CD	P value	IBD
< 10	9/67a (9)	9/55b (16)	0.843	18/122c (15)
10-17	15/52a (29)	28/200b (14)	0.020	43/252c (17)
0.33-17	24/119 (20)	37/255 (15)	0.219	61/374 (16)

^aP = 0.065;

^bP = 0.822;

^cP = 0.676. UC: Ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn disease; IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease.