Efficacy of ileus tube combined with meglumine diatrizoate in treating postoperative inflammatory bowel obstruction after surgery

Table 4 Comparative analyses for nutritional status of all cohorts pre- and post-therapy (x ± s)

Cohort	Serum albumin (g/L)		Serum transferrin (g/L)
	Pre-therapy	Post-therapy	Pre-therapy	Post-therapy
Cohort A (n = 20)	43.46 ± 3.33	49.88 ± 3.60a,c	2.24 ± 0.53	3.55 ± 0.42a,b,c
Cohort B (n = 20)	42.79 ± 4.36	47.90 ± 3.90a	2.02 ± 0.55	3.16 ± 0.23a
Cohort C (n = 20)	43.58 ± 2.14	46.68 ± 2.41a	2.27 ± 0.49	2.13 ± 0.51a
F value	0.306	4.596	1.377	7.000
P value	0.737	0.014	0.261	0.002

^aIndicated P < 0.05 when compared with the same cohort pre-therapy.

^bIndicated P < 0.05 when compared with cohort B.

^cIndicated P < 0.05 when compared with cohort C.