TABLE 2.

Spearman's correlation coefficients. Significant differences: bold numbers = P < .01

Patient number	Age (years)	HF‐IBI correlation at admission	HF‐IBI correlation during re‐feeding	Control number	Age (years)	HF‐IBI correlation
1	12	0.307	0.719	1	12	0.819
2	13	0.909	0.526	2	13	–0.248
3	14	–0.434	–0.035	3	14	0.755
4	14	–0.509	–0.381	4	14	0.679
5	13	–0.212	0.196	5	13	0.381
6	16	–0.606	–0.532	6	16	0.493
7	13	0.07	–0.497	7	13	0.785
8	13	0.661	0.347	8	13	0.137
9	13	–0.557	0.677	9	13	0.473
10	14	0.273	–0.066	10	14	0.81
11	12	0.641	0.274	11	12	0.669
12	15	0.345	0.31	12	15	0.69
13	16	–0.246	0.813	13	16	0.79
14	14	–0.905	0.746	14	14	0.052
15	16	0.783	0.265	15	16	0.685
16	15	–0.33	0.515	16	15	0.383
17	16	0.176	–0.24	17	15	0.775
18	15	0.325	–0.336	18	15	0.364
19	13	0.196	0.888	19	13	0.918
20	13	0.044	0.809	20	14	0.600
Negative Spearman's correlation coefficient		8	7			1