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Table 3 Anthropometric evaluation of active and inactive Crohn’s disease patients and controls

From: A snapshot of the nutritional status of Crohn’s disease among adolescents in Brazil: a prospective cross-sectional study

Variable

Active CD

Inactive CD

Control

G1

G2

G3

(Group I)

(Group II)

(Group III)

(n = 22)

(n = 29)

(n = 35)

Z score

      

 Ha, mean ± SD

−0.41 ± 0.90

−0.15 ± 0.92

0.24 ± 0.99

*

*

*

 BMIa, mean ± SD

−1.29 ± 1.64

0.01 ± 1.18

0.37 ± 1.18

*

*

*

Bioimpedance analysis

      

 BF (%), mean ± SD

23 ± 0.08

21 ± 0.05

24 ± 0.04

NS

NS

NS

 LBM (%), mean ± SD

74 ± 0.08

79 ± 0.05

76 ± 0.04

*

*

NS

Tanner staging

      

 Delayed puberty, n (%)

5 (22.7)

2 (6.9)

-

*

*

NS

  1. CD Crohn’s disease, G1 group I vs. group II, G2 group I vs. group III, G3 group II vs. group III, Ha height-for-age, BMIa body mass index-for-age, BF body fat, LBM lean body mass, NS not significant; *p < 0.05