Table 2 Energy and macronutrient intake in patients with chronic pancreatitis or liver cirrhosis and healthy controls.

From: Nutritional status in patients with chronic pancreatitis and liver cirrhosis is related to disease conditions and not dietary habits

 

Chronic pancreatitis (n = 65)a

Liver cirrhosis (n = 78)

Healthy controls (n = 94)

p-valueb

p-valuec

p-valued

Energy, kcal/d

1915 (1121)

1893 (1161)

1889 (953)

1.000

1.000

1.000

Energy, kcal/kg body weighte/d

25.4 (19.6)

28.0 (16.7)

26.2 (14.1)

1.000

0.916

1.000

Protein, g/d

76 (39)

66 (50)

76 (40)

1.000

0.249

0.425

Protein g/kg body weighte/d

1.1 (0.7)

1.0 (0.7)

1.0 (0.5)

1.000

1.000

1.000

Fat, g/d

76 (55)

58 (54)

63 (36)

0.740

1.000

0.413

Saturated fatty acids, g/d

38 (30)

28 (25)

32 (21)

0.665

1.000

0.476

Monounsaturated fatty acids, g/d

27 (21)

20 (19)

23 (14)

0.607

1.000

0.297

Polyunsaturated fatty acids, g/d

10 (8)

8 (9)

10 (6)

1.000

0.061

0.342

Cholesterol, g/d

289 (222)

256 (266)

291 (146)

1.000

1.000

0.435

Carbohydrates, g/d

221 (130)

201 (124)

206 (133)

1.000

1.000

1.000

Alcohol, g/d

0 (4)

0 (8)

6 (12)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

1.000

Dietary fiber, g/d

21 (15)

19 (14)

25 (17)

0.079

 < 0.001

0.608

Water, ml/d

2765 (1807)

2692 (1428)

2990 (4075)

0.816

0.019

0.448

  1. All data is presented as median (IQR); bold typed numbers indicate p-value < 0.05.
  2. aOne patient did not complete the food frequency questionnaire and was excluded from analysis.
  3. bp-value obtained by Kruskal–Wallis test after pairwise comparison of patients with chronic pancreatitis to healthy controls after correction for multiple testing.
  4. cp-value obtained by Kruskal–Wallis test after pairwise comparison of patients with liver cirrhosis to healthy controls after correction for multiple testing.
  5. dp-value obtained by Kruskal–Wallis test after pairwise comparison of patients with chronic pancreatitis to liver cirrhosis after correction for multiple testing.
  6. eCalculation is based on ideal body weight in subjects with ascites, edema, or obesity.