Effect of early enteral combined with parenteral nutrition in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy

Table 3 Comparison of nutrition-associated assessment in the two groups (mean ± SD)

	Normal value	Group	Day 1	Day 6	Decrease (days 1-6)
TP (g/L)	62-85	TPN	63.46 ± 7.24	59.92 ± 7.65	3.54 ± 1.72
		EEN/PN	64.11 ± 6.84	61.12 ± 6.83	2.99 ± 1.07
PAB (mg/L)	0-800	TPN	196.25 ± 64.32	116.52 ± 72.16a	79.73 ± 35.32
		EEN/PN	190.15 ± 62.18	158.32 ± 62.46	31.83 ± 13.15c
TF (g/L)	2.2-12	TPN	2.53 ± 0.76	2.20 ± 0.72	0.33 ± 0.61
		EEN/PN	2.46 ± 0.68	2.08 ± 0.81	0.38 ± 0.72
PNI	> 50	TPN	50.36 ± 9.14	43.12 ± 8.13	7.24 ± 7.40
		EEN/PN	51.62 ± 8.16	45.15 ± 9.52	6.47 ± 5.93
N-balance (g/d)		TPN	/	-(14.76 ± 6.03)	/
		EEN/PN	/	-(15.91 ± 7.85)	/

^aP < 0.05 vs day 1;

^cP < 0.05 vs total parenteral nutrition (TPN) group. PAB: Prealbumin; PNI: Prognostic nutritional index; TP: Total protein; TF: Transferrin; EEN: Early enteral nutrition; PN: Parenteral nutrition.