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Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Jul 5;5(8):946–951. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.04.012

Table 3.

Trial Outcomes

Outcome	Intention-to-treat Analysis			Per-protocol Analysis

	Clear Liquids (n=66)	Low-fat Solid Diet (n=55)	P value	Clear Liquids (n=64)	Low-fat Solid Diet (n=49)	P value
Cessation of feeding
Stopped due to pain or nausea/vomiting	4 (6%)	6 (11%)	0.51	3 (5%)	3 (6%)	1.00
Stopped for other reasons	8 (12%)	5 (9%)	0.59	8 (13%)	4 (8%)	0.55
Length of hospital stay (days) post-refeeding^*	1 (1–2)	1 (1–2)	0.77	1 (1–2)	1 (1–2)	0.54
28 day readmission rate^†
Readmitted for Pancreatitis	6 (9%)	3 (6%)	0.51	6 (10%)	2 (4%)	0.46
Readmitted for other Reasons	3 (5%)	4 (7%)	0.70	3 (5%)	4 (8%)	0.70

Presented as medians (inter-quartile range).

^†

28 day readmission rates are based on 118 subjects for whom data were available.