Annals of Pediatric Surgery

Table 1 Pre- and postoperative albumin levels

From: Peptide-based enteral formula vs a whole protein enteral formula after major intestinal surgeries in children

		Group		Student t test
		Peptide based	Whole protein	Student t test
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	P value	Sig.
Preoperative albumin		3.51 ± 0.22	3.49 ± 0.21	0.733	NS
Post-operative albumin		3.09 ± 0.18	3.13 ± 0.17	0.610	NS
Paired t test	P value	< 0.001	< 0.001
Paired t test	Sig.	S	S
Percent of change in albumin		− 11.81% ± 4.87%	− 10.26% ± 2.7%	0.291	NS

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