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Table 3 Growth parameters for a semi-Longitudinal series of 159 children over a 10 year period

From: Nutrition and metabolism in the rehabilitative phase of recovery in burn children: a review of clinical and research findings in a speciality pediatric burn hospital

Post-injury time interval ( y )

Height for age z -score

Weight for age z -score

Admission (n = 159)

−0.23* (p = 0.02 )

+0.49

0.5 (n = 75)

−0.71**

−0.12**

1 (n = 110)

−0.58**

−0.14**

3 (n = 81)

−0.47** (p = 0.02)

−0.006**

5 (n = 65)

−0.51** (p = 0.006)

−0.03**

8 (n = 48)

−0.38*

+0.19**

10 (n = 21)

−0.13

+0.23

  1. *Significantly lower than the reference standard; p < 0.0001, for all subsequent intervals unless otherwise shown; **significantly lower than the initial admission value; p < 0.0001, unless otherwise shown.