Maintenance of Remission with Partial Enteral Nutrition Therapy in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease: A Retrospective Study
Table 3
Laboratory parameters.
Covariate
PEN group
Control group
value
Albumin (g/L), mean ± SD
Before EEN/at diagnosis
35 ± 6
39 ± 6
0.008
After EEN/eight weeks after diagnosis
42 ± 5
42 ± 4
0.56
After three months of PEN/five months after diagnosis
39 ± 5
42 ± 3
0.007
CRP (mg/L), median (range)
Before EEN/at diagnosis
21 (1–40)
10 (1–65)
0.03
After EEN/eight weeks after diagnosis
5 (0–107)
6.5 (1–48)
0.006
After three months of PEN/ five months after diagnosis
6.4 (0–180)
5 (1–84)
0.82
EEN, exclusive enteral nutrition; PEN, partial enteral nutrition; CRP, C-reactive protein. Control group. Calculated with Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test for categorical data and independent samples -test for continuous variables. Calculated with Mann–Whitney tests.
