Effects of recombinant human growth hormone on enterocutaneous fistula patients

Table 3 Changes in body weight and serum proteins before and after treatment with rhGH

	The days when treated with rhGH
	0	4	7
Body weight (kg)	37.39 ± 12.48	38.64 ± 12.84	39.13 ± 12.19
Body mass index (kg/m2)	14.37 ± 3.28	15.21 ± 3.41	15.40 ± 3.24
Total proteins (g/L)	63.51 ± 2.47	70.52 ± 5.13b	74.89 ± 5.16b
Albumin (g/L)	35.74 ± 1.75	39.44 ± 1.18b	42.39 ± 1.68b
Prealbumin (mg/L)	180.88 ± 48.28	231.38 ± 52.31	286.38 ± 65.61a
Transferrin (g/L)	2.41 ± 0.14	2.49 ± 0.12	2.61 ± 0.12a
Fibronectin (mg/L)	172.5 ± 21.4	236.3 ± 16.5b	275.8 ± 16.9b

All values are expressed as mean ± SD.

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs day 0.