Challenges of Managing Emergency Ileostomy: Nutrition—A Neglected Aspect

Table 4

Change in the nutritional profile.

	Initial assessment	At 6 weeks	P value
	(Mean ± SD)	(Mean ± SD)
BMI (kg/m^2)	20.7 ± 2.5	18.5 ± 2.6	0.001
TSF (mm)	9 ± 1.7	8.3 ± 1.1	0.001
MUAC (cm)	29.1 ± 3.1	26.5 ± 2.7	0.001
MAMC (cm)	23.9 ± 6.3	23.9 ± 2.5	0.921
S. Albumin (g/dL)	3.1 ± 0.3	3.1 ± 0.3	0.796
Hemoglobin; (g/dL)	11.7 ± 1.4	10.8 ± 1.9	0.001
Total lymphocyte count	1477 ± 883	1243 ± 427	0.038
CHI	55.2 ± 15.7	53.9 ± 15.1	0.220