Table 6.

Dietary intake at each time point for energy and protein intakes, including additional nutrition from oral nutritional supplements at pre‐operative time point

	Energy (KJ)			Protein (g)
	Median (IQR)			Median (IQR)
Time point	Control	ONS	P‐value	Control	ONS	P‐value
n = participants
Baseline	6085(4743–7493)	6407 (4233–8193)	0.760	68 (48–83)	57 (41–76)	0.271
n = 93
Pre‐operative	6350 (4714–6350)	8120 (6490–9831)	0.001	63 (49–78)	79 (67–97)	0.018
n = 70
Post‐operative	4499 (3218–6416)	5302 (3973–7173)	0.282	46 (31–70)	60 (43–70)	0.181
n = 89

IQR, interquartile range; ONS, oral nutritional supplement.

Mann–Whitney U‐tests.