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.