31 October 2020: Clinical Research
Monitoring the Changes of Upper Limb Water in Breast Cancer Patients by Segmental Multi-Frequency Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
Lijuan Zhang 1ACG* , Huizhen Zhang 1BDF* , Xiaohang Liu 1BDE* , Qiaoling Zhong 1BF , Qinghua Luo 1BC , Yiheng Zhang 2BC , Ni Gong 3AFG* , Huiying Qin 4AFG , Anli Yang 1CDE*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.927804
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e927804
Table 2 Changes in water content and bioelectrical impedance of upper limbs of the patients with breast cancer at 3 months after surgery.
| T1 | T2 | T3 | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | T1 vs. T2 | T1 vs. T3 | T2 vs. T3 | ||||
| Healthy upper limbs (L) | 1.46±0.24 | 1.56±1.12 | 1.43±0.25 | 0.027 | ns | 0.006 | ns |
| Affected upper limbs (L) | 1.46±0.24 | 1.64±0.94 | 1.43±0.27 | ||||
| Healthy upper limbs | 0.3748±0.0042 | 0.3754±0.0084 | 0.3772±0.0048 | ns | |||
| Affected upper limbs | 0.3756±0.0084 | 0.3796±0.0090 | 0.3805±0.0062 | 0.001 | ns | ||
| Healthy upper limbs (kHz) | 425.18±48.99 | 418.71±51.56 | 413.79±46.98 | 0.003 | 0.029 | ||
| Affected upper limbs (kHz) | 423.65±54.81 | 385.39±47.50 | 410.81±56.66 | ||||
| Healthy side versus affected side | 1.01±0.05 | 1.09±0.09 | 1.02±0.11 | ns | |||
| Healthy upper limbs (kHz) | 414.39±44.08 | 409.53±49.29 | 407.52±46.76 | 0.004 | ns | ||
| Affected upper limbs (kHz) | 412.54±44.84 | 379.38±47.50 | 405.01±56.02 | 0.001 | |||
| Healthy side versus affected side | 1.01±0.06 | 1.08±0.09 | 1.01±0.12 | ns | |||
| T1 – pre-treatment; T2 – 7 days following surgery; T3 – 3 months following surgery; ns – non-significant. | |||||||