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All patients in the CLP group had not received surgical or nutritional intervention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Weight, height, BMI, their respective percentiles, and nutritional status according to the WHO 2006 growth curves of participants<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients with CLP (n\u2009=\u200960, 21 males, 39 females, mean age: 19.1 months) had significantly lower percentile weight and height compared to those of controls (n\u2009=\u200960, 26 females, mean age, 23.6 months) in univariate analyses (all p\u2009&lt;\u20090.01). Multivariate linear regression revealed significant interactions with age group for weight. In addition, proportions of underweight and short stature were significantly higher in the CLP group compared to the control group (all p\u2009&lt;\u20090.05), and these significant differences were dependent on the age group with between-group significant differences only in age groups less than 25 months.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Overall, patients with CLP had significantly lower weight, height, BMI and nutritional status than their unaffected peers, and these differences were dependent on age group. 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