Table 2.

Nutritional parameters of children at baseline and at 6 and 12 months after gastrostomy.

Disease	Measurement	Baseline (N = 38)	Visit 1 (N = 38)	Visit 2 (N = 38)	p
Cerebral Palsy	Body weight, N (%)				<0.001
	<−2.5 z-score (<5th centile)	18 (64.29)	10 (35.71)	1 (3.57)
	−1.8 z-score (5th centile)	10 (35.71)	10 (35.71)	5 (17.86)
	−1.5 z-score (10th centile)	0	8 (28.57)	22 (78.57)
	BMI, N (%)				<0.001
	<−2.5 z-score (<5th centile)	28 (100.00)	20 (71.43)	0
	−1.8 z-score (5th centile)	0	8 (39.57)	2 (7.14)
	−1.5 z-score (10th centile)	0	0	26 (92.86)
	Triceps SFT, N (%)				<0.001
	<−2.5 z-score (< 5th centile)	28 (100.00)	10 (35.71)	2 (7.14)
	−1.8 z-score (5th centile)	0	18 (64.29)	10 (35.71)
	−1.5 z-score (10th centile)	0	0	16 (57.14)
Metabolic Disease	Body weight, N (%)				0.273
	<−2.5 z-score (<5th centile)	2 (40.00)	1 (20.00)	1 (20.00)
	−1.8 z-score (5th centile)	3 (60.00)	3 (60.00)	1 (20.00)
	−1.5 z-score (10th centile)	0	1 (20.00)	3 (60.00)
	BMI, N (%)				0.0828
	<−2.5 z-score (<5th centile)	2 (40.00)	1 (20.00)	1 (20.00)
	−1.8 z-score (5th centile)	3 (60.00)	4 (80.00)	1 (20.00)
	−1.5 z-score (10th centile)	0	0	3 (60.00)
	Triceps SFT, N (%)				0.0126
	<−2.5 z-score (<5th centile)	5 (100.00)	2 (40.00)	1 (20.00)
	−1.8 z-score (5th centile)	0	3 (60.00)	1 (20.00)
	−1.5 z-score (10th centile)	0	0	3 (60.00)
Genetic Disease	Body weight, N (%)				0.1918
	<−2.5 z-score (<5th centile)	3 (60.00)	1 (20.00)	1 (20.00)
	−1.8 z-score (5th centile)	2 (40.00)	3 (60.00)	1 (20.00)
	−1.5 z-score (10th centile)	0	1 (20.00)	3 (60.00)
	BMI, N (%)				0.2592
	<−2.5 z-score (<5th centile)	3 (60.00)	2 (40.00)	1 (20.00)
	−1.8 z-score (5th centile)	2 (40.00)	3 (60.00)	2 (40.00)
	−1.5 z-score (10th centile)	0	0	2 (40.00)
	Triceps SFT, N (%)				0.0477
	<−2.5 z-score (<5th centile)	3 (60.00)	1 (20.00)	1 (20.00)
	−1.8 z-score (5th centile)	2 (40.00)	4 (80.00)	1 (20.00)
	−1.5 z-score (10th centile)	0	0	3 (60.00)

BMI, body mass index; SFT, skinfold thickness.