Peptide-based enteral formula improves tolerance and clinical outcomes in abdominal surgery patients relative to a whole protein enteral formula

Table 2 Differences in nutritional status between the whole-protein formula group and the dipeptide- and tripeptide-based formula group

	WPF group	PEF group	P-value
Albumin (g/dL)
POD1-1	2.59 ± 0.21	2.57 ± 0.19	0.652
POD-5	2.60 ± 0.26	2.68 ± 0.28	0.198
POD-10	2.70 ± 0.30	2.89 ± 0.27	0.010
Prealbumin (mg/dL)
POD-1	11.1 ± 1.4	10.6 ± 1.3	0.201
POD-5	11.6 ± 1.2	12.8 ± 2.1	0.006
POD-10	12.9 ± 1.7	15.1 ± 1.5	< 0.001
TLC2 (cell/mm3)
POD-1	1069 ± 135	1077 ± 148	0.801
POD-5	1082 ± 149	1192 ± 168	0.012
POD-10	1231 ± 162	1311 ± 182	0.052
CRP3 (mg/L)
POD-1	43.7 ± 7.8	43.0± 9.4	0.742
POD-5	32.7 ± 4.9	33.4 ± 5.2	0.824
POD-10	19.7 ± 5.0	18.5 ± 5.4	0.416

¹Postoperative day;

²Total lymphocyte count;

³C-reactive protein. Values are presented as mean ± SD. WPF: Whole-protein formula.