Table 7.

Pooled estimates and sensitivity analysis.

Comparison	Severity of acute pancreatitis	Feeding intolerance		Total infectious complications		Mortality
		RR (95% CI)	P	RR (95% CI)	P	RR (95% CI)	P
(Semi)-elemental versus polymeric	Mild or severe	0.62 (0.10–3.97)*	0.61	0.48 (0.06–3.76)*	0.48	0.63 (0.04–9.86)*	0.74
	Severe only	2.26 (0.32–15.27)*	0.41	0.23 (0.03–1.86)*	0.25	0.89 (0.28–4.90)*	0.12
Fibre-enriched + probiotics versus fibre-enriched	Mild or severe	0.69 (0.43–1.09)#	0.11	0.71 (0.40–1.27)#	0.25	0.85 (0.18–4.14)#	0.85
	Severe only	0.69 (0.43–1.09)#	0.11	0.79 (0.40–1.56)#	0.50	0.96 (0.12–7.83)#	0.97
Fibre-enriched + immunonutrition versus fibre-enriched	Mild or severe	1.60 (0.31–8.29)#	0.58	0.93 (0.36–2.40)#	0.88	0.60 (0.10–3.55)#	0.58
	Severe only	1.60 (0.31–8.29) #	0.58	0.93 (0.36–2.40)	0.88	0.60 (0.10–3.55)#	0.58

*Indirectly estimated RR and its 95% CI; ^#directly estimated RR and its 95% CI. CI: confidence interval; RR: relative risk.