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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with different levels of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (N = 563)a

From: Screening and risk factors of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in critically ill adult patients receiving enteral nutrition

Characteristics

No EPI (n= 269)

Moderate EPI (n= 191)

Severe EPI (n= 103)

Age (years)

40.9 ± 3.4

43.8 ± 4.1

41.7 ± 5.9

Gender (% male)

46.8

43.9

42.4

BMI (kg/m2)

25.2 ± 2.6

27.4 ± 3.5

28.1 ± 5.3

APACHE II score

12.7 ± 3.8

16.3 ± 2.9

17.9 ± 4.7

Steatorrhea (%)

2.2

5.3b

11.7b,c

Diarrhoea (%)

9.7

13.9

21.5b

Serum amylase (U/L)

218 ± 51

319 ± 94

494 ± 123b

Serum lipase (U/L)

252 ± 67

405 ± 102

576 ± 139b

Faecal elastase 1 (μg/g)

276 ± 75

161 ± 42

71 ± 24b

  1. aAPACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; BMI, body mass index; EPI, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. bP < 0.05 in comparison with patients without EPI. cP < 0.05 in comparison with patients with moderate EPI. Data are presented as mean ± SD or percentage.