Table 3.

Summary of the effects for the anthropometrics variables (ANOVA of repeated measures) over time.

Variable	Source	BMI-for-Age z-score		Height-for-Age z-score
		F	p	F	p
Primary diagnosis	Within-subjects effects	13.336	<0.0001	4.668	0.035
	Interaction	0.233	0.873	0.440	0.725
	Between-groups effects	2.900	0.042	0.612	0.610
Age of GT placement	Within-subjects effects	18.858	<0.0001	6.492	0.013
	Interaction	0.816	0.370	4.600	0.036
	Between-groups effects	0.001	0.974	0,195	0.660
Nutritional status prior GT placement	Within-subjects effects	14.928	0.001	2.329	0.132
	Interaction	9.946	0.001	1.141	0.340
	Between groups effects	38.603	0.001	36.611	0.001
Type of food	Within-subjects effects	21.194	<0.0001	5.426	0.023
	Interaction	0.975	0.383	0.691	0.505
	Between-groups effects	0.035	0.965	0.189	0.665
Feeding regime	Within-subjects effects	22.882	0.001	6.480	0.013
	Interaction	0.007	0.932	1.954	0.664
	Between-groups effects	2.677	0.107	0.189	0.664
System of infusion	Within-subjects effects	22.392	<0.0001	8.819	0.004
	Interaction	0.526	0.593	2.435	0.096
	Between-groups effects	0.029	0.865	2.254	0.114

Bold values indicate the significant at 5% level. GT: Gastrostomy tube.