Cranial radiotherapy predisposes to abdominal adiposity in survivors of childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia

Radiation Oncology

Table 3 Comparison of BMI Z score from 56 survivors of childhood ALL along different moments of therapy

BMI (Z score)	Mean Difference	SE	95%CI	p
*CRT comparison*
Yes - No	0.44	0.25	[-0.05; 0.93]	0.080
*Moment comparison*
Treatment end - Diagnosis	0.49	0.13	[0.23; 0.74]	< 0.001
2 years post therapy - Diagnosis	0.69	0.15	[0.39; 0.99]	< 0.001
Current - Diagnosis	0.34	0.15	[0.03; 0.65]	0.032
*Age at diagnosis*	-0.10	0.03	[-0.16; -0.04]	0.001

Age at diagnosis centered at 7.5 years.
BMI Body mass index, ALL Acute lymphocytic leukemia, CRT Cranial radiotherapy, SE Standard error, CI Confidence interval.

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