Gastrointestinal peptides in children before and after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

BMC Cancer

Table 5 Values of adipose tissue parameters in studied groups and control

Parameter	pre-HSCT	post-HSCT	Control	P value, pre-HSCT vs post-HSCT	P value, pre-HSCT vs control	P value, Post-HSCT vs control
BMI^a	18.9 (3.33)	18.3 (3.47)	19.1 (3.00)	0.173	0.794	0.405
BMIPerc^b	70.4 [44.9;86.4]	51.0 [16.2;90.6]	77.7 [46.7;84.3]	0.170	0.967	0.486
BMISDS^a	0.57 (1.21)	0.37 (1.26)	0.61 (0.87)	0.392	0.898	0.455
BF_kg^a	6.46 (6.42)	6.65 (5.35)	12.0 (8.46)	0.854	0.031	0.029
BF_%^a	14.5 (11.0)	15.8 (8.71)	21.1 (8.54)	0.616	0.042	0.062

^aMean values (standard deviations), paired Student Test for pre-HSCT vs. post-HSCT, and unpaired Student test for comparison with Control
^bMedians [first and third quartile], Mann- Whitney test p-value

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