Table II.

Rates of PN growth by pubertal status and age

Measurements of PN growth	Pubertal (n = 15)	P value	9-Year-old (n = 16)	P value	11-Year-old (n = 17)	P value
Rate of absolute PN growth, mL/month
Pre anchor	1.33 ± 1.67	.139	1.09 ± 1.29		6.02 ± 20.06	.905
Post anchor	1.16 ± 1.38		1.31 ± 1.42	.133	10.16 ± 37.8
Rate of PN growth per body weight, mL/kg/month
Pre anchor	−0.003 ± 0.015	.568	0.025 ± 0.05		0.15 ± 0.57	.079
Post anchor	−0.002 ± 0.022		−0.001 ± 0.017	.03	0.343 ± 1.42
Percent change of tumor volume above baseline per month
Pre anchor	1.8 ± 2.73	.041	1.95 ± 2.67		2.0 ± 2.8	.035
Post anchor	0.84 ± 0.74		1.03 ± 0.75	.029	1.03 ± 0.95

Values are mean ± SD