Resting metabolic rate in homozygous sickle cell disease
Am J Clin Nutr
; 57(1): 32-4, Jan. 1993.
Article
in English
| MedCarib
| ID: med-9443
Responsible library:
JM3.1
Localization: JM3.1; RC620.A1A4
ABSTRACT
The resting metabolic rate in 20 patients with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease was 19 percent higher than in 20 age-and sex-matched control subjects with a normal hemoglobin genotype (AA). The difference was not accounted for by differences in lean body mass. It is postulated that this increased energy expenditure reflects the energy expenditure of erythropoietic hyperplasia and leads to a marginal nutritional state that may contribute to the abnormal growth in SS disease. (AU)
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MedCarib
Main subject:
Basal Metabolism
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Anemia, Sickle Cell
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Incidence study
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Observational study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Am J Clin Nutr
Year:
1993
Document type:
Article