Table 1.

Details of included studies

Category of nutritional support	Category of patient	Number trials	Publication status (full papers/abstracts)	Disease states	Total number patients (range)
Parenteral nutrition	Medical	4	4/0	Alcoholic hepatitis, alcoholic cirrhosis.	170 (21 to 69)
	Surgical	5	5/0	Resectable hepatocellular carcinoma, portocaval shunt, liver transplantation, various surgeries in patients with cirrhosis.	333 (20 to 150)
Enteral nutrition	Medical	7	4/3	Malnourished cirrhotics, alcoholic hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, stabilized variceal bleeding, awaiting transplantation in hospital, decompensated cirrhosis.	279 (22 to 64)
	Surgical	2	2/0	Obstructive jaundice, liver transplantation.	114 (50, 64)
Supplements	Medical	14	11/3	Cirrhosis (+ malnutrition, encephalopathy, other evidence of decompensation), alcoholic hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma (unresectable or postoperative resection).	1003 (15 to 233)
	Surgical	5	5/0	Resection of hepatocellular carcinoma or a variety of benign and malignant liver tumours, liver transplantation.	285 (38 to 82)