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 3 Results of body composition analysis.
| T1 | T2 | T3 | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | T1 vs. T2 | T1 vs. T3 | T2 vs. T3 | ||||
| Overall weight (kg) | 57.04±8.25 | 56.57±8.16 | 56.99±8.24 | ns | 0.003 | ||
| BMI (kg/m) | 23.07±7.72 | 22.88±7.73 | 23.06±7.86 | ns | 0.002 | ||
| BMR (kcal) | 1235.27±93.78 | 1254.33±96.79 | 1231.41±94.84 | ns | |||
| Body fat content (kg) | 16.98±5.55 | 15.63±5.82 | 17.11±5.44 | ns | |||
| Percentage of body fat (%) | 29.17±6.21 | 26.97±7.02 | 29.46±6.05 | ns | |||
| Fat free mass (kg) | 40.06±4.34 | 40.94±4.48 | 39.88±4.39 | ns | |||
| Inorganic salt content (kg) | 2.80±0.62 | 2.89±0.64 | 2.82±0.65 | ns | |||
| Protein content (kg) | 7.87± 0.89 | 8.04±0.93 | 7.80±0.90 | ||||
| Muscle content (kg) | 37.74± 4.23 | 38.54±4.36 | 37.55±4.29 | ns | |||
| Skeletal muscle content (kg) | 21.75± 2.69 | 22.26±2.79 | 21.54±2.74 | ||||
| Upper arm circumference (cm) | 28.74±0.26 | 29.14±0.58 | 28.24±0.26 | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| Total body water (TBW) (L) | 29.38±3.29 | 30.01±3.38 | 29.27±3.35 | ns | |||
| Intracellular water (ICW) (L) | 18.21±2.06 | 18.60±2.14 | 18.05±2.10 | ||||
| Extracellular water (ECW) (L) | 11.18±1.25 | 11.41±1.27 | 11.22±1.28 | ns | |||
| ECW/TBW | 0.3805±0.0065 | 0.3803±0.0074 | 0.3834±0.0067 | ns | |||
| T1 – pre-treatment; T2 – 7 days following surgery; T3 – 3 months following surgery; ns – non-significant. | |||||||