Laboratory data in the two groups
| Variable | ENS (n=108) | CON (n=38) | P-value |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admission | Discharge | P-value |
Admission | Discharge | P-value |
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| Albumin (g/dL) | 3.21±0.66 | 3.10±0.47 | 0.061 | 2.97±0.51 | 2.95±0.42 | 0.879 | 0.098 | 0.093 | |
| TLC (cell/mm3) | 856.18±650.48 | 1,191.21±586.11 | <0.001 |
920.16±670.09 | 1,309.48±828.75 | <0.001 |
0.641 | 0.882 | |
| Hb (g/dL) | 10.71±2.50 | 9.85±1.58 | <0.001 |
10.89±2.83 | 9.15±1.27 | 0.002 |
0.717 |
0.015 |
|
| Hct (%) | 32.19±8.23 | 32.15±21.27 | 0.985 |
33.34±8.36 | 28.51±3.91 | 0.003 |
0.418 |
0.008 |
|
| Glucose (mg/L) | 156.92±77.00 | 152.82±71.55 | 0.258 | 191.82±100.62 | 136.25±42.89 | 0.007 |
0.114 | 0.117 |
|
| BUN (mg/dL) | 33.23±32.42 | 29.14±29.55 | 0.172 | 64.61±48.74 | 28.47±22.11 | <0.001 |
<0.001 |
0.503 | |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.63±2.50 | 1.19±1.47 | <0.001 |
2.71±3.42 | 1.18±0.07 | <0.001 |
<0.001 |
0.478 | |
| AST (IU/L) | 43.06±40.42 | 57.94±125.30 | 0.537 | 165.82±507.39 | 36.97±25.59 | 0.004 |
0.012 |
0.635 | |
| ALT (IU/L) | 26.80±29.87 | 28.36±40.84 | 0.490 | 64.84±145.14 | 27.75±24.22 | 0.295 | 0.077 | 0.720 | |
| Na (mmol/L) | 136.47±7.68 | 137.52±7.07 | 0.268 | 140.34±11.53 | 137.71±5.11 | 0.359 | 0.118 | 0.878 |
|
| K (mmol/L) | 4.07±1.02 | 4.05±0.79 | 0.867 | 4.22±1.03 | 3.87±0.65 | 0.064 | 0.172 | 0.175 | |
| Cl (mmol/L) | 107.73±28.77 | 103.60±17.88 | 0.003 |
107.61±10.75 | 102.74±7.53 | 0.022 |
0.260 | 0.837 | |
| Ca (mg/dL) | 8.46±1.06 | 8.73±0.77 | 0.105 | 8.42±0.99 | 8.35±0.77 | 0.713 |
0.749 | 0.027 | |
| P (mg/dL) | 3.44±1.91 | 3.28±1.38 | 0.855 | 4.46±2.41 | 3.06±1.11 | 0.001 |
0.041 |
0.460 | |
| CRP (mg/L) | 87.90±85.11 | 35.81±41.24 | <0.001 |
142.62±70.01 | 54.81±50.05 | <0.001 |
<0.001 |
0.013 | |
Values are presented as mean±standard deviation.
ENS = patients who received enteral or parenteral nutritional support within 48 hours of admission; CON = patients who received enteral or parenteral nutritional support 48 hours after admission; TLC = total lymphocyte count; Hb = hemoglobin; Hct = hematocrit; BUN = blood urea nitrogen; AST = aspartate aminotransferase; ALT=alanine aminotransferase; CRP = C-reactive protein.
aStatistical analysis by Wilcoxon signed-rank test within the group; bstatistical analysis by Mann–Whitney U-test at admission between group; cstatistical analysis by Mann–Whitney U-test at discharge between groups; dstatistical analysis by paired t-test; estatistical analysis by independent t-test at admission; fstatistical analysis by independent t-test at discharge; gP<0.05 by Mann–Whitney U-test in internal medicine patients of sub-group between groups; hP<0.05 by Mann–Whitney U-test in internal medicine patients of sub-group between groups.