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. 2006 Apr 21;12(15):2441–2444. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i15.2441

Table 4.

Incidence of septic complications in PN or EN group

PN group (n=160) EN group (n=75) P
Incidence of septic complications 25 10 0.36
-15.60% -13.30%
Mean No. of complications per patient ( ± SE) 0.22 ± 0.03 0.20 ± 0.04 0.19
Mean No. of complications per infected patient ( ± SE) 1.33 ± 0.05 1.26 ± 0.06 0.22

PN: parenteral nutrition; EN: enteral nutrition.