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| Title |
Body composition of children with cancer during treatment and in survivorship 1
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| Published in |
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, August 2015
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| DOI | 10.3945/ajcn.114.099697 |
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| Authors |
Alexia J Murphy, Melinda White, Sarah A Elliott, Liane Lockwood, Andrew Hallahan, Peter Sw Davies |
| Abstract |
Malnutrition as assessed with the use of body-composition measurements is a poorly understood short- and long-term complication of childhood cancer. We aimed to evaluate the body composition of 2 childhood cancer cohorts as follows: 1) children currently undergoing cancer treatment and 2) childhood cancer survivors. We also aimed to compare the prevalence of obesity and undernutrition between the cancer groups and investigate the impact of cancer type on body composition. Eighty-two children during the treatment of cancer and 53 childhood cancer survivors were involved in the study. Height, weight, body cell mass, percentage of fat, fat mass index, and fat-free mass index were assessed. Subjects were compared with age- and sex-matched healthy controls. The on-treatment group had a higher percentage of fat (P = 0.0001) and fat mass index (P = 0.0001) and a significantly lower body cell mass index (P = 0.0001) and fat-free mass index (P = 0.003) than those of matched controls. The survivor group had a significantly higher percentage of fat (P = 0.03) and fat mass index (P = 0.04) and significantly lower body cell mass index (P = 0.0001) than did matched controls. The prevalence of undernutrition was high in both groups with 48% (95% CI: 36%, 60%) of the on-treatment group and 53% (95% CI: 40%, 66%) of the survivors considered undernourished. According to the percentage of fat cutoffs, significantly more on-treatment patients were obese (55%; 95% CI: 40%, 60%) than were survivors (26%; 95% CI: 14%, 38%) (P = 0.005). There were no statistically significant differences in body composition between cancer types in either the on-treatment or the survivor group. Overnutrition and undernutrition are major concerns in the short and long term for children with cancer. Children treated for cancer have increased fat mass and decreased body cell mass, which are evident during treatment and in survivorship. This trial was registered at http://www.ANZCTR.org.au as ACTRN12614001279617 and ACTRN12614001269628. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 38% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 38% |
| Austria | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 1 | 13% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 50% |
| Scientists | 2 | 25% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 124 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 124 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 20 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 19 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 15 | 12% |
| Unknown | 39 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 39 | 31% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 18 | 15% |
| Unspecified | 5 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Psychology | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 11 | 9% |
| Unknown | 44 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 September 2016.
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#6,354,664
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Outputs from American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
#6,733
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#67,728
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Outputs of similar age from American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
#61
of 96 outputs
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