Brief Article
Copyright ©2009 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2009; 15(39): 4919-4922
Published online Oct 21, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.4919
Table 1 Blood glucose, prealbumin and cortisol changes investigated in children fed NLF and an HCD
GroupsBlood glucose (mg/dL)
Prealbumin (mg/dL)
Cortisol (μg/dL)
PP(mean ± SD)Fasting(mean ± SD)P value(PP vs Fasting)PP(mean ± SD)Fasting(mean ± SD)PP(mean ± SD)Fasting(mean ± SD)P value(PP vs Fasting)
NLF-270.8 ± 9.6133.2 ± 44.5a0.00321.2 ± 3.427.1 ± 16.414.4 ± 5.722.6 ± 7.80.014
HCD-269.0 ± 11.8126.7 ± 29.50.00019.8 ± 3.821.4 ± 4.813.2 ± 6.021.9 ± 5.90.008
NLF-370.7 ± 12.2119.7 ± 48.00.00518.5 ± 2.818.4 ± 4.310.9 ± 6.418.1 ± 10.20.022
HCD-364.5 ± 9.6126.2 ± 25.90.00019.2 ± 2.318.7 ± 1.414.9 ± 5.917.5 ± 4.1 0.219NS
NLF-464.4 ± 16.0105.5 ± 24.20.00214.9 ± 3.315.2 ± 3.914.4 ± 9.018.4 ± 7.9 0.316NS
HCD-471.7 ± 9.794.9 ± 41.40.120NS18.2 ± 2.417.4 ± 2.79.3 ± 5.713.9 ± 5.0 0.081NS
NLF-570.1 ± 11.089.7 ± 19.70.01918.3 ± 4.918.7 ± 4.912.8 ± 5.214.4 ± 4.2 0.531NS
HCD-564.1 ± 8.883.4 ± 16.70.03417.3 ± 10.016.2 ± 9.36.8 ± 5.715.0 ± 5.60.001
P value (groups)0.570NS0.0040.187NS0.158NS0.064NS0.027NS