. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 3.

Published in final edited form as: Appl Nurs Res. 2022 Jun 30;67:151611. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2022.151611

Table 2.

Distal feeding tube position by patient and pepsin A status (≥6.25 ng/mL).

Variable	Any positive tracheal pepsin A		No tracheal pepsin A		Total		Fisher’s exact test statistic	P value
Variable	n	%	n	%	n	%	Fisher’s exact test statistic	P value
Total	96	43	126	57	222	100
Gastric	30	40	46	61	76	34	5.879	0.03
Post-pyloric	66	47	74	53	140	63
Gastrostomy tube (PEG)	0	0	6	100	6	3

Sub-set analysis of 222 patients who received any enteral feeding.