Table 5

Mean (SEM) IGF-I SDS level at T0 according to nutritional status

Nutritional characteristics at T0YesNop value
Mean (SEM)Mean (SEM)
Comparison by Mann Whitney test. Abbreviations as for table 1.
%IWH <0.85 −1.46 (0.37)−0.54 (0.61)0.35
n = 11n = 13
LBM SDS <−2 −1.76 (0.29)0.81 (0.62)0.002
n = 16n = 8
FBM SDS <−2 −1.48 (0.52)−0.84 (0.45)0.7
n = 6n = 18