Table 2.

Outcomes of patients with early nutrition and according to the type of early nutrition

	No early nutrition (n = 488)	Early enteral (n = 504)	Early parenteral (n = 214)	P value†
Duration of IMV (days)	4.0 [2.0, 10.0]	10.0 [5.0, 18.0]	7.00 [3.0, 13.0]	< 0.001
Duration of NIMV (days)	3.0 [2.0, 6.0]	3.0 [2.0, 4.0]	3.00 [2.0, 5.0]	0.017
Ventilator-free days D28 (days)	5.0 [2.0, 11.0]	3.0 [1.0, 8.0]	5.00 [2.0, 10.0]	< 0.001
ICU LOS	8.0 [5.0, 16.0]	13.5 [7.0, 24.0]	12.00 [7.0, 20.0]	< 0.001
28-day mortality	71 (14.6)	110 (21.9)	45 (21.2)	0.008
ICU mortality	61 (12.5)	119 (23.7)	43 (20.1)	< 0.001

Results are presented as the median (25th–75th percentiles) for quantitative variables and patient number (proportion) for qualitative variables. N = 1206

IMV invasive mechanical ventilation, NIMV noninvasive mechanical ventilation, LOS length of stay

^†One-way ANOVA or Kruskal–Wallis between the three groups (no early, early enteral, early parenteral) according to the variable normality