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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2015 Feb 7;62(6):1035–1041. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25411

Table III. Predictors of Change in BMI Percentile from Diagnosis to Follow-Up.

Univariate Analysis
Variable Estimate 95% CI P-value
Age at Diagnosis 0.061 −2.179 2.300 0.958
Gender
(Male vs. Female)		 −0.254 −8.336 7.828 0.951
Race
(Non-white vs. White)		 8.811 −1.775 19.397 0.102
Steroid
(Dexamethasone vs.
Prednisone)		 −7.789 −17.951 2.373 0.132
BMI percentile at diagnosis −0.738 −0.842 −0.633 <0.0001
Multivariate Analysis
Variable Estimate 95% CI P-value
BMI percentile at diagnosis −0.798 −0.911 −0.685 <0.0001
Corticosteroid
(Dexamethasone vs.
Prednisone)		 −25.204 −41.184 −9.225 0.002
Interaction of BMI percentile
at diagnosis and corticosteroid		 0.357 0.086 0.627 0.010