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Table 3 Baseline demographic parameters of total subjects in the RCTs

From: Nasogastric or nasojejunal feeding in predicted severe acute pancreatitis: a meta-analysis

Parameters

Nasogastric feeding

(number = 82)

Nasojejunal

feeding

(number = 75)

P

Gender

   

   Male

56

48

0.57

   Female

26

27

 

Etiology

   

   Biliary

36

42

 

   Alcohol

22

20

0.10

   Idiopathic

16

12

 

   Others

8

1

 

MOF

14

18

0.28

IPN

16

23

0.11

Mortality

14

18

0.25

  1. IPN, infected pancreatic necrosis; MOF, multiple organ failure; RCTs, randomized controlled trials.
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