Table 1.

Characteristics of nine subjects with chylothorax treated with an MCT-rich diet

Subject No.	Sex	Age	BW (kg)	Lt or Ht (cm)	%WA	%LA or %HA	%WL or %WH	Presence of chylothorax and/or chylopericardium	Duration of MCT-rich diet (days)	Result
1	F	15 years	27	138	58.7	88.46	88.52	R chylothorax	27	Cured
2	M	11.5 months	6.5	64	69.89	85.33	95.59	R chylothorax	28	Cured
3	M	1 month	2.7	46	65.85	84.4	100	R chylothorax	29	Cured
4	M	5.8 years	25.1	122	128.72	107.96	111.56	L chylothorax	31	Cured
5	M	8 months	5.1	65	62.2	92.86	72.86	L chylothorax	28	Cured
6	M	12 months	7	70	74.47	92.72	85.37	R chylothorax	28	Cured
7	F	8.2 years	25.1	115	109.13	92.37	128.72	B chylothorax	28	Cured
8	M	21.6 months	6.98	74	59.15	87.57	76.7	R chylothorax	29	Cured
9	M	2.7 years	12	89	85.71	95.7	93.02	R chylothorax	27	Cured

MCT; medium-chain triglyceride, BW; body weight, Lt; length, Ht; height, %LA; %length-for-age, %HA; %height-for-age, %WL; %weight-for-length, %WH; %weight-for-height, F; female, M; male, R; right, L; left, B; bilateral.