Parenteral Nutrition Combined with Enteral Nutrition for Severe Acute Pancreatitis

Table 3

Outcome in the two groups.

	Group I	Group II	P value
Complication rate	66.1%	39.4%	0.010^a
Mortality	30.5%	12.7%	0.044^a
Cure rate	59.3%	81.7%	0.019^a
Length of hospitalization	51 ± 8 days	32 ± 9 days	0.005^b
Treatment cost	¥ 45534 ± 3031.5	¥ 30869 ± 12794.6	0.001^b

aMann-Whitney U-test.
bFisher’s exact test.