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Table 4 Spearman’s rho correlation between age and some of the dependent variables before and after treatment in pediatric oncology patients

From: Evaluation and characterization of tumor lysis syndrome before and after chemotherapy among pediatric oncology patients in Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variable	WBC^a	WBC^b	LDH^a	LDH^b	UA^a	UA^b	BUN^a	BUN^b	Cr^a	Cr^b	Ca^a	Ca^b
r AGE p	-.05 -.08 -.07 -.06 -.11 -.04 .14 .20 .27^c.15 -.15 -.14
r AGE p	.68 .55 .61 .66 .38 .75 .29 .13 .04 .27 .25 .28

^a before treatment, ^b after treatment; UA uric acid, Cr creatinine, Ca calcium
^c Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)

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