Skip to main content
Journal cover image

Association between somatic growth trajectory and cognitive functioning in young children with sickle cell disease.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Puffer, ES; Schatz, JC; Roberts, CW
Published in: Journal of health psychology
August 2016

Children with sickle cell disease are at risk of cognitive deficits and somatic growth delays beginning in early childhood. We examined growth velocity from age 2 years (height and body mass index progression over time) and cognitive functioning in 46 children with sickle cell disease 4 to 8 years of age. Height-for-age velocity was not associated with cognitive outcomes. Higher body mass index velocity was associated with higher scores on global cognitive and visual-motor abilities but not processing resources or academic achievement. Body mass index progression over time may be a clinically useful indicator of neurocognitive risk in sickle cell disease, as it may reflect multiple sickle cell disease-related risk factors.

Duke Scholars

Altmetric Attention Stats
Dimensions Citation Stats

Published In

Journal of health psychology

DOI

EISSN

1461-7277

ISSN

1359-1053

Publication Date

August 2016

Volume

21

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1620 / 1629

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Regression Analysis
  • Public Health
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Medical Audit
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Cognition
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Puffer, E. S., Schatz, J. C., & Roberts, C. W. (2016). Association between somatic growth trajectory and cognitive functioning in young children with sickle cell disease. Journal of Health Psychology, 21(8), 1620–1629. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105314559861
Puffer, Eve S., Jeffrey C. Schatz, and Carla W. Roberts. “Association between somatic growth trajectory and cognitive functioning in young children with sickle cell disease.Journal of Health Psychology 21, no. 8 (August 2016): 1620–29. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105314559861.
Puffer ES, Schatz JC, Roberts CW. Association between somatic growth trajectory and cognitive functioning in young children with sickle cell disease. Journal of health psychology. 2016 Aug;21(8):1620–9.
Puffer, Eve S., et al. “Association between somatic growth trajectory and cognitive functioning in young children with sickle cell disease.Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 21, no. 8, Aug. 2016, pp. 1620–29. Epmc, doi:10.1177/1359105314559861.
Puffer ES, Schatz JC, Roberts CW. Association between somatic growth trajectory and cognitive functioning in young children with sickle cell disease. Journal of health psychology. 2016 Aug;21(8):1620–1629.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of health psychology

DOI

EISSN

1461-7277

ISSN

1359-1053

Publication Date

August 2016

Volume

21

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1620 / 1629

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Regression Analysis
  • Public Health
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Medical Audit
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Cognition