TY - JOUR
T1 - Obesity and overweight in patients with hemophilia
T2 - Prevalence by age, clinical correlates, and impact on joint bleeding
AU - Chang, Chia Yau
AU - Li, Tsung Ying
AU - Cheng, Shin Nan
AU - Pan, Ru Yu
AU - Cheng, Chao Neng
AU - Wang, Hung Jung
AU - Hu, Shu Hsia
AU - Chen, Yeu Chin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019, the Chinese Medical Association. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Background: The prevalence of obesity in patients with hemophilia (PWH) varies among different ethnicities, and its influence on joint bleeding and hemophilic arthropathy has not been studied in Taiwan population. We explored the prevalence and clinical correlates of obesity and the impact of body mass index (BMI) on annual joint bleeding rate (AJBR) and hemophilic arthropathy in PWH in Taiwan. Methods: We retrospectively collected clinical information on 140 severe/40 moderate PWH from 2006 to 2014. The patients’ median age was 31.5 years, ranged from 6 to 73 years. Their BMI, 6 index joints score by Pettersson scoring, AJBR, and other clinical data were analyzed. Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity by age group was 7.1% in PWH aged ≤10 years, and rapidly increased to 34.5% in PWH aged 11 to 18 years, 46.7% in PWH aged 18 to 29 years, 61.8% in PWH aged 30 to 39 years, 60.6% in PWH aged 40 to 49 years, and 48% in PWH aged ≥50 years, respectively. Two peak rates were 72.7% in PWH aged 35 to 44 years and 66.7% in PWH aged >65 years. Age, HCV infection, knee score, elbow score, and total 6 index joints scores were found to correlate positively with BMI. However, subtype and severity of hemophilia, ankle scores, HBV and HIV infection did not correlate with BMI. Finally, BMI was found to correlate positively with AJBR in both adult and pediatric PWH. Conclusion: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescent and adult PWH was higher than those in the general male population in Taiwan, which rapidly increased with age to peak in PWH aged 35 to 44 years and >65 years. High index joint score, with the exception of ankle scores, positively correlated with high BMI. Further, BMI and obesity also had positive correlation with AJBR in PWH. To our knowledge, this is the first study examining these associations in PWH in Taiwan.
AB - Background: The prevalence of obesity in patients with hemophilia (PWH) varies among different ethnicities, and its influence on joint bleeding and hemophilic arthropathy has not been studied in Taiwan population. We explored the prevalence and clinical correlates of obesity and the impact of body mass index (BMI) on annual joint bleeding rate (AJBR) and hemophilic arthropathy in PWH in Taiwan. Methods: We retrospectively collected clinical information on 140 severe/40 moderate PWH from 2006 to 2014. The patients’ median age was 31.5 years, ranged from 6 to 73 years. Their BMI, 6 index joints score by Pettersson scoring, AJBR, and other clinical data were analyzed. Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity by age group was 7.1% in PWH aged ≤10 years, and rapidly increased to 34.5% in PWH aged 11 to 18 years, 46.7% in PWH aged 18 to 29 years, 61.8% in PWH aged 30 to 39 years, 60.6% in PWH aged 40 to 49 years, and 48% in PWH aged ≥50 years, respectively. Two peak rates were 72.7% in PWH aged 35 to 44 years and 66.7% in PWH aged >65 years. Age, HCV infection, knee score, elbow score, and total 6 index joints scores were found to correlate positively with BMI. However, subtype and severity of hemophilia, ankle scores, HBV and HIV infection did not correlate with BMI. Finally, BMI was found to correlate positively with AJBR in both adult and pediatric PWH. Conclusion: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescent and adult PWH was higher than those in the general male population in Taiwan, which rapidly increased with age to peak in PWH aged 35 to 44 years and >65 years. High index joint score, with the exception of ankle scores, positively correlated with high BMI. Further, BMI and obesity also had positive correlation with AJBR in PWH. To our knowledge, this is the first study examining these associations in PWH in Taiwan.
KW - Annual joint bleeding rate
KW - Body mass index
KW - Hemophilia
KW - Hemophilic arthropathy
KW - Obesity
KW - Pettersson score
KW - Prevalence
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U2 - 10.1097/JCMA.000000000000004
DO - 10.1097/JCMA.000000000000004
M3 - Article
C2 - 30946208
AN - SCOPUS:85064239491
SN - 1726-4901
VL - 82
SP - 289
EP - 294
JO - Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
JF - Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
IS - 4
ER -