ea0027p10 | (1) | BSPED2011
Mason A
, Russell R K
, Bishop J
, McGrogan P
, MacIntyre H E
, Ahmed SF
Background: Delayed puberty and related problems with growth and body image in Crohns disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) have rarely been quantified.Methods: A longitudinal prospective observational study of children with IBD who had anthropometric and puberty data at 0 and 6 months. Of 50 recruited, there were 15 boys (CDM) and 20 girls (CDF) with CD and ten boys (UCM) and five girls (UCF) with UC. The four groups had a median age at 0 month...