Table 3.
Total lymphocyte and white cell counts over the pre-and postoperative periods in patients who received either immunonutrition or standard care preoperatively
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Preoperative |
Postoperative |
P value1 |
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| Study entry | Day-1 | POD 1 | POD 3 | POD 5 | POD 10 | POD 30 | Group | Time | Group×time | ||
| Total lymphocytes (x109/L) | |||||||||||
| IMN group | 1.41 ± 0.13 | 1.54 ± 0.12 | 0.93 ± 0.09 | 0.96 ± 0.10 | 0.95 ± 0.09 | 1.19 ± 0.09 | 1.47 ± 0.13 | 0.091 | < 0.001 | 0.575 | |
| STD group | 1.66 ± 0.16 | 1.78 ± 0.13 | 1.12 ± 0.15 | 1.21 ± 0.09 | 1.07 ± 0.13 | 1.38 ± 0.12 | 1.47 ± 0.10 | ||||
| White cell count (x109/L) | |||||||||||
| IMN group | 5.80 ± 0.60 | 7.05 ± 0.78 | 12.78 ± 1.10 | 9.81 ± 1.29 | 7.40 ± 0.91 | 12.28 ± 2.27 | 6.80 ± 0.86 | 0.416 | < 0.001 | 0.201 | |
| STD group | 6.86 ± 0.83 | 6.75 ± 0.54 | 12.79 ± 1.32 | 8.99 ± 0.77 | 9.65 ± 0.98 | 13.53 ± 1.63 | 7.40 ± 0.68 | ||||
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Repeated measures analysis using the linear mixed model. Data are mean ± SE. POD: Postoperative day; IMN: Immunonutrition; STD: Standard care.