Antioxidant enriched enteral nutrition and oxidative stress after major gastrointestinal tract surgery

Table 2 Patient characteristics

	Control group	Treatment group	P-value
	n = 11	n = 10
Male/Female	9/2	6/4	0.3611
Age (yr)	62 (8)	57 (10)	0.2302
Smoking/not smoking	3/8	6/4	0.1981
Bodyweight (kg)	74 (19)	67 (12)	0.2452
Height (cm)	174 (5)	174 (12)	0.6972
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)	24 (5)	22 (3)	0.1812
Albumin (g/L)	38 (5)	39 (5)	0.4262
Chemotherapy prior to surgery (Yes/No)	4/7	5/5	0.6701
Surgery type (laparoscopic/open)	4/7	2/8	0.6351
Duration of surgery (min)	337 (100)	353 (155)	0.8882
Blood loss during surgery (mL)	2168 (1726)	1720 (1232)	0.6472
Admission ICU/MCU (d)	2.5 (0.7)	3.7 (0.8)	0.2362

¹Fischer’s Exact Test;

²Mann-Whitney U Test. Data expressed as mean (standard deviation).