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Table 1 General nutritional indicator of the two groups of ALL Children at the end of the 1st、2nd、3rd and the 4th week (x ± s)

From: Application of Glutamine-enriched nutrition therapy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Parameters

n

Weight (kg)

Height (cm)

Triceps skinfold thickness (mm)

Treatment group

24

   

 Before treatment

 

29.02 ± 1.23

116.71 ± 4.26

12.09 ± 1.69

  The end of 1st week

 

28.98 ± 3.00

116.74 ± 4.33

12.12 ± 1.87

  The end of 2nd week

 

27.46 ± 2.53

116.76 ± 4.36

11.45 ± 1.79

  The end of 3rd week

 

29.65 ± 3.24

116.79 ± 4.34

12.62 ± 1.86

  The end of 4th week

 

30.78 ± 3.76

116.80 ± 4.32

13.45 ± 1.73

Control group

24

   

 Before treatment

 

29.28 ± 2.67

117.24 ± 3.68

12.02 ± 1.09

  The end of 1st week

 

29.21 ± 2.83

117.26 ± 3.99

11.97 ± 1.21

  The end of 2nd week

 

28.57 ± 2.14

117.29 ± 3.95

10.78 ± 1.15

  The end of 3rd week

 

30.02 ± 3.51

117.31 ± 3.86

10.34 ± 1.24a

  The end of 4th week

 

29.53 ± 3.21

117.32 ± 3.82

11.12 ± 1.12

  1. acompare with control group, P < 0.05