Evaluation of Metabolic Syndrome and Related Factors in Children Affected by Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

reported obesity in 52% of the ALL patients and 7.41% of the patients with brain tumor 12 months after completion of therapy.[ 16 ] Moreover, another study demonstrated the incidence rate of obesity to be 15% and 40% at the time of diagnosis and at the end of treatment, respectively.[ 17 ] Our study findings revealed a significant increase in BMI 6 months after starting the treatment, which is in line with the findings obtained by Zhang et al .[ 14 ] In the present study, BMI followed an increasing trend 2 years after starting the treatment.

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