Table 1. Clinical features of childhood cancer patients and healthy controls at baseline.

^*Values are expressed as median (range).

^†P-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.

^aC-H-S; ^bC-H; ^cC-S; ^dH-S

Nonparametric analysis was conducted using the chi-squared test for numeric variables and the Mann-Whitney U test (C-H, C-S, H-S) and Kruskal-Wallis method (C-H-S) for continuous variables.

C, controls; H, hematologic malignancies; S, solid tumors; AC, abdominal circumference; BMI, body mass index.