Table 1.
Difference of means by gender of BMI, muscle mass, and handgrip strength, according to the age group, in pediatric patients treated in referral outpatient clinics for liver disease in Salvador, Bahia, 2017.
| Age range (years) | n | BMI (kg/m2) |
ASM (kg) |
SMI (kg/m2) |
FMGS (kgf) |
rMGS (kgf/kgm2) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | pa | Mean (SD) | pa | Mean (SD) | pa | Mean (SD) | pa | Mean (SD) | pa | ||
| <10 | 0.995 | 0.015 | 0.069 | 0.617 | 0.795 | ||||||
| Male | 6 | 16.5 (1.02) | 8.7 (1.23) | 5.5 (0.95) | 6.8 (3.20) | 0.4 (0.18) | |||||
| Female | 19 | 16.5 (3.09) | 6.9 (1.52) | 4.6 (1.04) | 6.3 (2.13) | 0.4 (0.15) | |||||
| ≥10 and ≤14 | 0.574 | 0.636 | 0.564 | 0.749 | 0.803 | ||||||
| Male | 15 | 20.0 (3.62) | 12.7 (3.47) | 5.9 (1.11) | 15.5 (7.79) | 0.81 (0.45) | |||||
| Female | 29 | 20.7 (3.62) | 13.1 (2.69) | 5.8 (0.96) | 16.2 (5.60) | 0.78 (0.24) | |||||
| >14 | 0.899 | 0.22 | 0.302 | 0.311 | 0.27 | ||||||
| Male | 8 | 21.7 (4.92) | 17.6 (4.55) | 6.7 (1.45) | 27.7 (13.27) | 1.3 (0.57) | |||||
| Female | 8 | 22.0 (3.81) | 15.0 (3.39) | 6.1 (0.64) | 22.2 (6.56) | 1.0 (0.24) | |||||
Data expressed as mean (SD); BMI, body mass index; ASM, appendicular skeletal muscle mass; SMI, skeletal muscle index; FMGS, final manual grip strength; rMGS, relative manual grip strength index.
a
Student's t-test.