TABLE 2.
Characteristics of BAT+ and BAT− pediatric cancer patients at disease-free follow-up1
| All (n = 32) |
Males (n = 20) |
Females (n = 12) |
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| BAT+ (n = 19) | BAT− (n = 13) | P | BAT+ (n = 13) | BAT− (n = 7) | P | BAT+ (n = 6) | BAT− (n = 6) | P | |
| Age (y) | 15.0 ± 3.6 | 13.1 ± 3.4 | 0.16 | 15.1 ± 3.5 | 14.6 ± 2.1 | 0.73 | 14.7 ± 4.1 | 11.4 ± 4.0 | 0.20 |
| Weight (kg) | 65.4 ± 21.9 | 56.5 ± 18.6 | 0.24 | 68.0 ± 22.0 | 58.8 ± 10.8 | 0.32 | 59.9 ± 22.6 | 53.8 ± 26.0 | 0.67 |
| Height (cm) | 164.4 ± 19.6 | 151.6 ± 17.9 | 0.07 | 170.5 ± 18.7 | 159.0 ± 12.8 | 0.17 | 151.2 ± 15.3 | 142.9 ± 20.2 | 0.44 |
| BMI-for-age percentile | 70.6 ± 29.1 | 76.9 ± 33.6 | 0.57 | 64.3 ± 32.3 | 68.2 ± 41.1 | 0.82 | 84.3 ± 14.9 | 87.2 ± 20.9 | 0.79 |
| BSA (m2) | 1.71 ± 0.4 | 1.5 ± 0.3 | 0.07 | 1.8 ± 0.4 | 1.6 ± 0.2 | 0.12 | 1.5 ± 0.4 | 1.4 ± 0.4 | 0.53 |
| SAT (cm3) | 547 ± 329 | 596 ± 338 | 0.69 | 473 ± 314 | 521 ± 289 | 0.74 | 709 ± 329 | 684 ± 397 | 0.91 |
| VAT (cm3) | 91.2 ± 57.0 | 89.2 ± 32.0 | 0.92 | 81.3 ± 52.8 | 91.3 ± 31.9 | 0.64 | 112.8 ± 64.9 | 86.8 ± 34.9 | 0.41 |
| Muscle (cm3) | 322 ± 97.3 | 251 ± 80.2 | 0.036 | 349 ± 101 | 284 ± 66.0 | 0.14 | 264 ± 62.8 | 211 ± 82.6 | 0.24 |
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All values are means ± SDs. P values were obtained by using unpaired t tests. BAT−, subjects without metabolically active brown adipose tissue at disease-free follow-up; BAT+, subjects with metabolically active brown adipose tissue at disease-free follow-up; BSA, body surface area; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.