Monitoring the Changes of Upper Limb Water in Breast Cancer Patients by Segmental Multi-Frequency Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis

Lijuan Zhang; Huizhen Zhang; Xiaohang Liu; Qiaoling Zhong; Qinghua Luo; Yiheng Zhang; Ni Gong; Huiying Qin; Anli Yang

doi:10.12659/MSM.927804

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

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Table 3 Results of body composition analysis.

	T1	T2	T3	P value
	T1	T2	T3	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	<0.001	<0.001	ns	0.003
BMI (kg/m)	23.07±7.72	22.88±7.73	23.06±7.86	<0.001	<0.001	ns	0.002
BMR (kcal)	1235.27±93.78	1254.33±96.79	1231.41±94.84	<0.001	<0.001	ns	<0.001
Body fat content (kg)	16.98±5.55	15.63±5.82	17.11±5.44	<0.001	<0.001	ns	<0.001
Percentage of body fat (%)	29.17±6.21	26.97±7.02	29.46±6.05	<0.001	<0.001	ns	<0.001
Fat free mass (kg)	40.06±4.34	40.94±4.48	39.88±4.39	<0.001	<0.001	ns	<0.001
Inorganic salt content (kg)	2.80±0.62	2.89±0.64	2.82±0.65	<0.001	<0.001	ns	<0.001
Protein content (kg)	7.87± 0.89	8.04±0.93	7.80±0.90	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Muscle content (kg)	37.74± 4.23	38.54±4.36	37.55±4.29	<0.001	<0.001	ns	<0.001
Skeletal muscle content (kg)	21.75± 2.69	22.26±2.79	21.54±2.74	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
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	<0.001	<0.001	ns	<0.001
Intracellular water (ICW) (L)	18.21±2.06	18.60±2.14	18.05±2.10	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Extracellular water (ECW) (L)	11.18±1.25	11.41±1.27	11.22±1.28	<0.001	<0.001	ns	<0.001
ECW/TBW	0.3805±0.0065	0.3803±0.0074	0.3834±0.0067	<0.001	ns	<0.001	<0.001
T1 – pre-treatment; T2 – 7 days following surgery; T3 – 3 months following surgery; ns – non-significant.

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