Research Article
Insulin Growth Factor-I in Protein-Energy Malnutrition during Rehabilitation in Two Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres in Burkina Faso
Table 2
Weight for height and IGF-I
increase during nutritional rehabilitation, in 59 malnourished children in
Burkina Faso.
| Absolute
measurements | | Weight (kg) | | IGF-I ratio to admission | | | Mean
± SD | | [95% confidence interval] | Admission | 59 | | 59 | 1 | After 7 days | 59 | | 59 | 1.59 [1.29; 1.89] | After 14 days | 59 | | 59 | 2.52 [2.10; 2.94] | Age- and sex- weight for
height Z-score | | | | | Mean
SD | | | Admission | 59 | | | | After 7 days | 59 | | | | After 14 days | 59 | | | | Age- and sex- weight
for height Z-score | | IGF-I Z-score | | | Mean
± SD | | Mean
± SD | Admission | 59 | | 59 | | After 7 days | 59 | | 59 | | After 14 days | 59 | | 59 | |
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Reference values from Burkina Faso. reference values.
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