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
	𝑛	Mean ± SD	𝑛	[95% confidence interval]
Admission	59	5.520±1.003	59	1
After 7 days	59	5.943±1.022	59	1.59 [1.29; 1.89]
After 14 days	59	6.362±1.143	59	2.52 [2.10; 2.94]
Age- and sex-adjusted^∗ weight for height Z-score
	𝑛	Mean ± SD
Admission	59	−3.56±0.85
After 7 days	59	−3.05±0.79
After 14 days	59	−2.44±1.06
Age- and sex-adjusted^∗∗ weight for height Z-score				IGF-I Z-score
	𝑛	Mean ± SD	𝑛	Mean ± SD
Admission	59	−1.87±0.89	59	−2.55±0.80
After 7 days	59	−1.45±0.90	59	−2.03±1.22
After 14 days	59	−1.07±1.02	59	−1.16±1.39

Reference values from Burkina Faso.
^∗∗International reference values.