Research Article

Comparison of the Outcomes of Three Different Nutritional Supports in Patients with Oral and Maxillofacial Malignant Tumors following Surgery

Table 3

Results of the blood indices of the three groups.

ItemsGroupPostoperative 1 dPostoperative 7dTest valuesP values

WBCPN+EN16.13 ±1.819.68 ± 1.5120.3580.000
(×109)TPN15.51 ± 1.877.99 ± 0.9423.6420.000
TEN16.73 ± 1.6410.30 ± 1.3717.1910.000
Test values2.25715.661————
P values0.1130.000————
NEPN+EN7.59 ± 1.055.81 ± 0.5110.0270.000
(×109)TPN7.59 ± 0.945.51 ± 0.698.1680.000
TEN7.89 ± 0.756.18 ± 0.848.3120.000
Test values0.6804.910————
P values0.5100.010————
LYMPN+EN1.24 ± 0.241.82 ± 0.407.0460.000
(×109)TPN1.11 ± 0.321.74 ± 0.336.3940.000
TEN1.08 ± 0.311.08 ± 0.280.0130.990
Test values2.27729.051————
P values0.1090.000————
HBPN+EN116.47 ± 18.00122.79 ± 12.432.3850.024
(g/L)TPN98.47 ± 5.73111.17 ± 9.074.6970.000
TEN111.52 ± 12.22112.35 ± 10.930.3520.728
Test values9.8358.181————
P values0.0000.001————
PAPN+EN252.66 ± 31.68266.28 ± 23.822.7770.010
(mg/L)TPN230.32 ± 30.59243.11 ± 38.771.3700.188
TEN243.15 ± 33.89244.70 ± 39.980.1850.855
Test values2.7923.695————
P values0.0690.030————
ALBPN+EN38.01 ± 4.0040.26 ± 2.702.7160.011
(g/L)TPN33.64 ± 3.5135.12 ± 5.581.0670.300
TEN36.02 ± 3.1137.21 ± 3.571.4970.151
Test values8.36710.273————
P values0.0010.000————

Significantly different among groups (P < 0.05). Values are demonstrated as the mean ± standard deviations for one-way ANOVA test. The pairwise comparisons among the means were performed using the Bonferroni method.
WBC, white blood cell; NE, neutrophil; LYM, lymphocytes; HB, hemoglobin.
PA, prealbumin; ALB, albumin.