Excess @entity1386 is frequent after childhood @entity981 treated without BMT. We measured the whole-body percent fat by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and the body-mass index (weight/height(2) (kg/m(2)), BMI) in 25 survivors of childhood @entity1778 or @entity706 (21 with @entity981 ) who had received TBI and allogeneic BMT a median of 8 years ago (range 4-13). Adjusted for sex and age, the mean BMI was slightly but significantly reduced (0.4 s.d. below predicted) and the whole-body percent fat was significantly increased compared with healthy controls (1.1 s.d. above predicted). Eleven of 25 @entity1 had a percent fat above the 90 percentile of the reference values, which indicates excess @entity1386 . Adjusted for sex and age, a higher percent fat was related to additional cranial irradiation. Controlled for this, the whole-body percent fat seemed to be unrelated to age at BMT, length of follow-up, and previous chemotherapy. Compared with untransplanted @entity981 survivors treated with cranial irradiation, BMT survivors had significantly reduced BMI but similar whole body percent fat. BMI was a poor measure of body @entity1386 in these @entity1 . In conclusion, survivors of BMT for childhood @entity1778 or @entity706 are adipose and slightly underweight and consequently have a substantially reduced lean body mass.

Degree of @entity1386 after allogeneic BMT for childhood @entity1778 or XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity981 :: ('MESH:D054198', 'Disease') :: ['ALL'] @entity706 :: ('MESH:D008223', 'Disease') :: ['lymphoma'] @entity1778 :: ('MESH:D007938', 'Disease') :: ['leukaemia'] @entity1386 :: ('MESH:D018205', 'Disease') :: ['fatness']
@entity706 :: (MESH:D008223,Disease) :: ['lymphoma']
