Nutrition, Inflammation, and Acute Pancreatitis

Table 3

Characteristics of patients receiving nasogastric tube feeding.

Reference	Age	Male : female	Aetiology
			Biliary	Alcohol	Other
Eatock et al. 2000 [76]	47 (27–96)^#	12 : 14	18	5	3
Eatock et al. 2005 [58]	63 (47–74)^#	14 : 13	16	6	5
Kumar et al. 2006 [59]	43.3±12.8^‡	14 : 2	8	4	4
Eckerwall et al. 2006 [41]	71 (58–80)^†#	10 : 14^†	14^†	3^†	7^†
Singh et al. 2012 [64]	39.1±16.7^‡	28 : 11	12	12	15

†Before exclusion of protocol violator (one patient); ^#values are median (range); ^‡values are mean ± standard deviation.