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. 2012 Dec 14;7(12):e52237. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052237

Table 3. Influence of treatment components and diagnosis on parameters.

Glucose (%)1 Triglycerides (%)2 HDL-C (mmol/l)3 LDL-C (mmol/l)2 Insulin (%)4 FFA (mmol/l)5
Model N 152* 149** 154** 153** 150* 151*
β P β P β P β P β P β P
1 Controls (N = 61) ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref
Nephroblastoma (N = 67) −2.9 0.24 30.2 0.001 −0.05 0.36 0.16 0.22 22.4 0.132 0.02 0.53
Neuroblastoma (N = 36) −1.7 0.55 12.9 0.24 −0.10 0.105 0.44 0.004 −8.1 0.60 0.05 0.29
2 Controls (N = 61) ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref
Chemotherapy (N = 90) 1.8 0.55 28.3 0.009 −0.12 0.054 0.45 0.003 27.6 0.139 0.05 0.28
Nephrectomy (N = 74) 5.3 0.47 −2.3 0.83 0.07 0.27 0.40 0.014 18.8 0.33 0.13 0.005
Adrenalectomy (N = 49) 8.7 0.001 −10.6 0.24 −0.06 0.31 0.00 1.00 −20.1 0.152 0.04 0.32
Rx abdomen (N = 42) 2.3 0.108 33.8 0.005 0.02 0.71 0.32 0.049 −10.6 0.53 0.16 <0.001
3 Controls (N = 61) ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref
Pancreas – part (N = 15) 3.9 0.28 19.7 0.159 0.09 0.23 0.46 0.018 −3.7 0.85 0.09 0.121
Pancreas – total (N = 27) 10.5 0.002 44.8 0.002 −0.07 0.30 0.22 0.23 20.1 0.30 0.23 <0.001
4 Controls (N = 61) ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref
Liver – part (N = 19) 9.5 0.013 39.1 0.015 −0.09 0.28 0.30 0.151 16.9 0.46 0.17 0.002
Liver – total (N = 23) 6.3 0.056 28.4 0.030 0.05 0.45 0.35 0.044 5.0 0.78 0.16 0.001
*

subjects with treatment for diabetes excluded.

**

subjects with treatment for dyslipidemia excluded.

1Corrected for age, sex, BMI, physical activity.

2Corrected for age, sex, BMI, smoking, physical activity.

3

Corrected for age, sex, BMI, smoking.

4

corrected for age, sex, SES, BMI.

5

corrected for age, sex, physical activity. Glucose, insulin, HOMA and triglycerides levels were normally distributed after log-transformation and were expressed in percentages. ref = reference value (control subjects).

Multiple linear regression analyses were performed using the following strategy: Model 1: the effects of both diagnoses (dummy variables) were added. Model 2: the effects of chemotherapy, nephrectomy, adrenalectomy, abdominal radiotherapy (dummy variables) were added. Additional linear regression analyses were performed according to the following strategy: Model 3: the effects of radiotherapy to the total pancreas and on part of the pancreas (Figure 1) (dummy variables) were added. Model 4: the effect of radiotherapy on the total liver and on part of the liver (Figure 1) (dummy variables) were added. Model 3 and 4 were additionally corrected for the treatment components that were significant in Model 2. P-values indicate the significance of the difference with control subject.