plying the current length by 100 and dividing by the P50 of the length according to the age. Weight and height at adult age was expressed as percentiles. Results: In the sample of 22 patients, 5 children were acutely malnourished at birth. Of the remaing 17 children who were not acutely malnourished at birth, 9 children presented with acute malnutrition of the age of 1 year. The group of patients who were acutely malnourished in childhood had a higher median for weight and height in comparison with the group who was never acutely malnourished. In terms of chronic malnutrition, 1 child of the 22 patients was malnourished. Of the remaining 21 patients, 5 had chronic malnutrition in childhood, while 16 did not. Also in the group of patients who were chronically malnourished in childhood, a higher median for height was found in comparison with the group who was never chronically malnourished. For weight, no difference was found. Conclusions: This proof of concept study suggests that the methods that were applied in this study are feasible to investigate the consequences of childhood malnutrition on weight and height in adults with congenital heart disease. This design can be used in larger samples, which allows us to draw firm conclusions on the relationship between malnutrition and the long-term consequences.
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