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Trial reportMedicine2019

Effects of medium chain triglycerides on body fat distribution and adipocytokine levels in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia under chemotherapy.

Ru Zhang, Jiaqi Chen, Haiqing Zheng, Yanmei Li, Haiying Huang, Zhimin Liang, Hua Jiang, Jing Sun

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Trial report in Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ru ZhangDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center.
Jiaqi ChenDepartment of Pediatrics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University.
Haiqing ZhengInstitute of Pediatrics.
Yanmei LiDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center.
Haiying HuangDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center.
Zhimin LiangDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center.
Hua JiangDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center.
Jing SunDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou, China.
Guangzhou Medical University · CNGuangzhou Women and Children Medical Center · CNNanfang Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucocorticoids used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are associated with cytotoxicity and obesity. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of high-proportion medium chain triglyceride (MCT) on body fat distribution and levels of leptin and adiponectin during chemotherapy of children with ALL.New-onset ALL children treated at the Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center between March 2016 and March 2017 were enrolled. Children were divided into the MCT and control groups. For the MCT group, high-proportion MCT nutrition preparation was added to the diet, while no MCT was added for the control group. The MCT group was further divided into subgroups A and B based on the amount of supplement. Waist circumference, hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, bone marrow concentrations of leptin and adiponectin, and leptin-to-adiponectin ratio were measured before and on days 19 and 46 of chemotherapy. Body weight and body mass index (BMI) were measured on admission and discharge.Waist circumference in the control group increased by day 46 (P = .047), but did not change in the MCT group. The BMI of the children in the control group was higher than those in the MCT group on admission (P = .003), but not different at discharge. No significant differences in hip circumference, leptin levels, adiponectin levels, and body weight were observed between the 2 groups.This preliminary study suggests that short-term supplementation of high-proportion MCT nutrition preparation may help reduce the centripetal distribution of adipose induced by the application of glucocorticoids in children with ALL. This will have to be confirmed in future studies.

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Dietary SupplementsAdiponectinAdiposityBody Fat DistributionBody Mass IndexBody WeightChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGlucocorticoidsHumansLeptinMaleObesityPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaTriglyceridesAdiponectinADIPOQ protein, humanGlucocorticoidsLeptinTriglycerides

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PMCPMC6831384
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