Association of malnutrition with renal function in children with kidney disease

Background: Malnutrition is a serious and lasting burden worldwide. Woman, infants, children, adolescents are at particular risk of malnutrition. Prevalence malnutrition children under 5 years in 2020 was 45 million were estimated to be wasted, 38.9 overweight or obese. Around 45% deaths among old related undernutrition, especially low- middle-income countries. Children with kidney disease factor become increases morbidity mortality disease. Earlier studies showed high prevalence rate chronic Objectives: The aim the study associate renal function Methods: A cross-sectional conducted on aged 2-17 who met inclusion criteria hospitalized Inpatient Department/SMF Department Child Health Sciences, Dr. Hospital. Soetomo, Surabaya from October December after taking approval parents institutional ethics committee department Pediatrics. Detailed anthropometric measurements taken grading calculated according WHO, CDC, Waterlow criteria. Serum creatinine measured for each sample. Results: There 157 samples Sex between male female almost balanced (54.8%:45.2%) median age 13 years-old. most frequent diagnosis this group lupus nephritic (68%). Forty eight percent total malnutrition, which them moderate Estimated glomerular filtration normal 12 (23.5%) cases, decreased 39 (76.5%) cases. significant statistically severe (P 0.000) Conclusions: common finding nutritional status correlation