Table 1.

The primary outcomes and secondary efficacy outcomes

Outcomes	Value in total study sample (n = 282)
Primary outcomes
Post-pyloric placementa	236 (83.7%)
Secondary outcomes
Placed at D3 or beyondb	194 (68.8%)
Placed at D4 or beyondc	167 (59.2%)
Placed at the proximal jejunum	73 (25.9%)
Time to insertion, min	30 (20–30)
Number of attempts	1 (1–2)
Length of insertion (cm)	101.4 ± 7.5

According to whether the variables comply with the normal distribution, quantitative variables are presented as mean ± SD or median (IQR) as appropriate and qualitative variables as numbers (percentage)

^aPost-pyloric placement, reaching the first portion of the duodenum or beyond

^bD3 is the third portion of the duodenum

^cD4 is the forth portion of the duodenum