Nosological and Gender-Age Features of Disability in Children with Syndrome and Disease, Manifested by Short Stature

Abstract

Purpose: to distinguish the main gender-age patterns and nosological units leading to disability among children with syndromes and diseases manifested by short stature. Materials and methods . The object of the analysis was medical documentation for 2197 children with short stature. Results . It has been established that girls have a higher risk (p < 0.001) of disability than boys, while children living in rural areas are higher than in the city (p < 0.05). There is a linear increase in disability to the senior school age (33.2 ± 2.0 %). A pituitarism caused disability most often (49.8 ± 2.1 %). Conclusion. The structure of disability in children with syndromes and diseases associated with short stature depends on the gender and age differences of patients and is due to the presence of certain diseases.