Table 5.
Fixed effect estimates from the linear mixed-effects model for the impact of EEN on CRP and CHE.
| Variables | CRP | CHE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | Std. error | t value | P value | Estimate | Std. error | t value | P value | |
| Intercept | 47.98 | 6.67 | 7.19 | <0.001 | 3,422.41 | 384.57 | 8.89 | <0.001 |
| EEN | 2.04 | 5.82 | 0.35 | 0.716 | −695.34 | 326.42 | −2.13 | 0.034 |
| Time (day) | −1.00 | 0.66 | −1.51 | 0.133 | −12.24 | 34.85 | −0.35 | 0.726 |
| PRISM3 | −0.43 | 0.31 | −1.39 | 0.167 | −1.54 | 18.17 | −0.08 | 0.933 |
| EEN:Time | −3.69 | 0.93 | −3.95 | <0.001 | 411.47 | 48.77 | 8.43 | <0.001 |
The table presents the fixed effect estimates from the linear mixed-effects model for CRP and CHE, evaluating the impact of EEN, time, their interaction (EEN:Time), and PRISM3 on CRP and CHE levels. CRP represents C-reactive protein (mg/L), CHE represents cholinesterase (U/L), and PRISM3 represents the pediatric risk of mortality 3 score. EEN is a binary variable indicating whether early enteral nutrition (EEN) was received or not. Time represents the number of observation days (from Day 1 to Day 7). PRISM3 is a covariate used to adjust for baseline disease severity. The EEN: Time interaction effect indicated the differences in the changes of CRP and CHE levels over time between the EEN and LEN groups. A P-value of less than 0.05 indicates statistical significance.