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Table 2 Body composition parameters of patients with CRE compared with controls

From: Associations between body composition and nutritional assessments and biochemical markers in patients with chronic radiation enteritis: a case–control study

 

CRE (n = 92)

Control (n = 184)

P value

 ICW (kg)

16.66 ± 3.34

22.44 ± 4.28

<0.001

 ECW (kg)

11.51 ± 2.25

11.06 ± 2.05

0.094

 TBW (kg)

28.13 ± 5.41

33.51 ± 6.26

<0.001

 FFM (kg)

38.18 ± 7.38

45.50 ± 8.43

<0.001

 FM (kg)

7.45 ± 4.77

18.30 ± 5.64

<0.001

 BCM (kg)

23.86 ± 4.77

31.42 ± 5.99

<0.001

 Protein (kg)

7.16 ± 1.48

8.98 ± 1.71

<0.001

 Mineral (kg)

2.88 ± 0.64

3.01 ± 0.45

0.048

  1. CRE chronic radiation enteritis, ICW intracellular water, ECW extracellular water, TBW total body water, FFM fat-free mass, FM fat mass, BCM body cell mass
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