Table 3.

Characteristics of patients receiving nasogastric tube feeding.

Reference	Age	Male : female	Aetiology
			Biliary	Alcohol	Other
Eatock et al. 2000 [76]	47 (27–96)#	12 : 14	18	5	3
Eatock et al. 2005 [58]	63 (47–74)#	14 : 13	16	6	5
Kumar et al. 2006 [59]	43.3 ± 12.8‡	14 : 2	8	4	4
Eckerwall et al. 2006 [41]	71 (58–80)†#	10 : 14†	14†	3†	7†
Singh et al. 2012 [64]	39.1 ± 16.7‡	28 : 11	12	12	15

^†Before exclusion of protocol violator (one patient); ^#values are median (range); ^‡values are mean ± standard deviation.