Journal Title: بهار 94
Article title: Evaluation of Relationship between Body Mass Index and Tibial Eminent Fracture and ACL Injury in Children under 14 Years of Age, in a study at Beasat Hospital of Hamedan during 2011-12

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Introduction & Objective: Tibial eminent fractures may be seen in all ages but the most common ages for the incidence of these fractures is in children of the 8 to 14 years. Recent studies have shown that the incidence of fractures in the children of normal weight is 16 percent, reaching 33 percent for obese children. Furthermore, epidemiological studies have shown that the prevalence of obesity has doubled over the past three decades. This study was performed to investigate the relationship between body mass index with tibial eminent fractures. Materials & Methods: In this case-control study, 68 children of the age less than 14 years, who referred to the Beasat Hospital of Hamadan were studied. Of these, 34 were suffering from tibial eminent fractures (case group) and 34 patients who had referred for other reasons were selected as the control group. BMI and type of weight by age and sex for both groups were calculated and compared. The results were analyzed, using SPSS18, variance analysis, T-test, and Chi-squared analysis. Results: The mean BMI in case group was 20.98 ± 3.88 and for the control group was 20.47 ± 2.93 (P=0.544). In the case group 18 patients (52.9%) of had normal weight, 9 patients (926.5%) were overweight, and 7 patients (20.6%) were obese .In the control group 19 patients (55.9%) had normal weight, 10 patients (29.4%) had overweight, and 5 patients (1407%) were obese (P=0.813). Conclusions: The results of this study showed that, children’s weight and body mass index have no significant effect on the tibial eminent fractures.
Article KeyWords:
Body Mass Index, Tibia, Fracture
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دکتر علیرضا یاوری کیا

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