Protein-energy nutritional status of pediatric cancer patients. Am J Clin Nutr 1981 Nov;34(11):2486-92
Date
11/01/1981Pubmed ID
6795917DOI
10.1093/ajcn/34.11.2486Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0019806348 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 9 CitationsAbstract
Surveys of protein-energy nutritional status were conducted in pediatric cancer outpatients (28) and inpatients (71). In the outpatients, the approximate prevalences of severe (greater than 40%) deviations of weight, triceps skinfold, and arm muscle area below the medians for height-age were respectively 0, 14, and 0%. In the inpatients, these prevalences were respectively 1, 20, and 6%. The percentages of inpatients with abnormally low (less than 5th percentile) weight-for-height, triceps skinfold, and arm muscle area were 14, 14, and 20%, respectively. All inpatients with triceps skinfold or arm muscle area less than 60% of the median for height-age had corresponding percentile values of less than 15.
Author List
Kien CL, Camitta BMMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Body HeightBody Weight
Child
Humans
Leukemia
Muscles
Neoplasms
Protein-Energy Malnutrition
Serum Albumin
Skinfold Thickness