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. 2022 May 1;14(9):1904. doi: 10.3390/nu14091904

Table 3.

Mean caloric and protein delivery during enteral nutrition therapy.

Day Mean kcal/day Mean g Protein/day
EN EN-IMN p EN EN-IMN p
1 515 ± 324 557 ± 341 0.35 26.1 ± 17.9 33.5 ± 21.3 0.01
2 971 ± 485 1099 ± 430 0.04 49.2 ± 27.9 63.2 ± 27.3 <0.001
3 1155 ± 503 1383 ± 536 0.003 59.1 ± 30.7 78.6 ± 32.3 <0.001
4 1228 ± 504 1420 ± 544 0.02 63.4 ± 30.9 78.8 ± 32.1 0.002
5 1293 ± 509 1310 ± 625 0.85 67.2 ± 31 74.8 ± 35.2 0.13
6 1322 ± 520 1382 ± 601 0.54 70.1 ± 32.9 76.7 ± 34.8 0.24
7 1344 ± 527 1348 ± 639 0.97 70.7 ± 33.1 71.9 ± 32.7 0.83
8 1371 ± 518 1445 ± 602 0.42 71.9 ± 33.7 75.7 ± 29.1 0.51
9 1399 ± 515 1404 ± 673 0.96 74.6 ± 35.8 75.5 ± 35.4 0.88
10 1383 ± 526 1527 ± 560 0.15 74.7 ± 34.3 79.7 ± 29.8 0.39
11 1438 ± 476 1599 ± 569 0.10 77.9 ± 32.8 80.8 ± 29.4 0.63
12 1437 ± 523 1770 ± 336 0.003 77.4 ± 35.7 88.3 ± 22.7 0.05
13 1475 ± 475 1647 ± 474 0.12 77.5 ± 33 83.3 ± 30.3 0.43
14 1517 ± 471 1755 ± 487 0.07 77.8 ± 30.6 86.4 ± 26.5 0.27

EN: Enteral Nutrition Formula; IMN: Immunonutrition Formula. p-Values that are statistically significant are written in bold.