Sequential changes of body composition in patients with enterocutaneous fistula during the 10 days after admission

Table 1 Clinical data of patients recruited for the study

	Male	Female
Esophageal and gastric fistula	4	0
Duodenal fistula	11	3
High-output intestinal fistula	9	2
Low-output intestinal fistula	18	4
Colonic fistula	10	2
Pancreatic and biliaric fistula	5	0
Total	51a	10a

^aSome patients had multiple-origin enterocutaneous fistulas.

Table 2 Demographic and body composition data for male (n = 51)

Age (years)	41.9 ± 13.5
Height (cm)	170.2 ± 8.5
	Day0	Day5	Day10	P
Weight (kg)	51.19 ± 11.00	51.09 ± 10.88	51.39 ± 10.89	0.58
BMI (kg/m2)	17.62 ± 3.08	17.56 ± 3.06	17.71 ± 3.00	0.44
TBW (kg)	29.41 ± 5.09	29.61 ± 5.03	29.61 ± 5.07	0.18
ECW (kg)	10.51 ± 1.97	10.43 ± 1.91	10.35 ± 1.87	0.12
ICW (kg)	18.89 ± 3.26	19.16 ± 3.23b	19.24 ± 3.31b	0.005
ECW/TBW	0.357 ± 0.0171	0.351 ± 0.0194b	0.350 ± 0.0161b	< 0.0001
FFM (kg)	42.55 ± 7.27	42.84 ± 7.16	42.80 ± 7.25	0.21
FM (kg)	8.64 ± 5.00	8.27 ± 4.67b	8.59 ± 4.68	0.009
% FM (wt/wt)	15.97 ± 6.47	15.26 ± 6.15b	15.82 ± 5.97	0.006
BCM (kg)	29.61 ± 5.10	29.98 ± 5.04b	30.02 ± 5.14a	0.010
TW (kg)	13.71 ± 2.41	13.92 ± 2.34b	13.84 ± 2.42	0.007
TW/TBW (%)	46.58 ± 2.25	47.00 ± 1.76a	46.69 ± 1.90	0.015

BMI = body mass index, TBW = total body water, ECW = extracellular water, ICW = intracellular water, FM = fat mass, FFM = fat-free mass, BCM = body cell mass, TW = trunk water

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs Day0.

Table 3 Demographic and body composition data for female (n = 10)

Age (years)	50.1 ± 11.4
Height (cm)	157.9 ± 5.4
	Day0	Day5	Day10	P
Weight cm)	46.78 ± 8.52	46.92 ± 8.83	47.63 ± 8.57a	0.04
BMI (kg)	18.81 ± 3.74	19.11 ± 3.60	19.18 ± 3.69a	0.04
TBW (kg)	23.44 ± 4.38	24.29 ± 3.54	24.86 ± 3.29	0.057
ECW (kg)	8.59 ± 1.09	8.53 ± 1.25	8.56 ± 1.20	0.38
ICW (kg)	15.54 ± 2.18	15.75 ± 2.32	16.19 ± 2.12b	0.001
ECW/TBW	0.358 ± 0.0157	0.351 ± 0.015a	0.348 ± 0.0127a	0.017
FFM (kg)	35.11 ± 4.49	35.26 ± 5.04	36.09 ± 4.68b	0.005
FM (kg)	10.59 ± 7.11	11.64 ± 6.02	11.56 ± 4.68	0.31
% FM (wt/wt)	23/.26 ± 9.89	23.90 ± 8.82	23.24 ± 8.83	0.49
BCM (kg)	24.48 ± 3.21	24.71 ± 3.52	25.36 ± 3.22b	0.004
TW (kg)	11.26 ± 1.46	11.48 ± 1.81	11.21 ± 1.56	0.07
TW/TBW (%)	48.98 ± 7.80	46.06 ± 1.21	46.18 ± 1.24	0.30

BMI = body mass index, TBW = total body water, ECW = extracellular water, ICW = intracellular water, FM = fat mass, FFM = fat-free mass, BCM = body cell mass, TW = trunk water,

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs Day0.

Table 4 Results of plasma proteins over 10 days

	Day0	Day5	Day10	aP
FN (mg/L)	109.4 ± 36.4	117.9 ± 37.4	128.6 ± 46.6	0.06
TF (mg/dL)	232.2 ± 40.7	230.4 ± 48.0	243.4 ± 44.2	0.07
PA (mg/dL)	17.4 ± 7.5	19.4 ± 7.1	21.0 ± 6.9	0.054

FN = fibronectin, TF = transferrin, PA = prealbumin ^aP vs Day0.