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Table 1 Patient Demographics and Baseline Characteristics of the Intention to Treat Population

From: Safety and efficacy of an olive oil-based triple-chamber bag for parenteral nutrition: a prospective, randomized, multi-center clinical trial in China

Variable

OLIVE

(n = 226)

SOYBEAN

(n = 232)

P Value

Sex, n (%)

  

0.482

 Male

134 (59.3)

145 (62.5)

 

 Female

92 (40.7)

87 (37.5)

 

Race, n (%)

  

0.673

 Chinese Han

216 (95.6)

220 (94.8)

 

 Chinese other minority

8 (3.5)

11 (4.7)

 

 Other

2 (0.9)

1 (0.4)

 

Age, years, mean ± SD

55.8 ± 13.1

56.3 ± 11.7

0.656

BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD

21.7 ± 3.9a

21.8 ± 3.9b

0.667

Underwent surgery, n (%)

195 (86.3)

202 (87.1)

0.805

Complexity of surgeryc, n (%)

  

0.859

 Medium complexity

49 (21.7)

48 (20.7)

 

 High complexity

140 (61.9)

143 (61.6)

 

 Missing

37 (16.4)

41 (17.7)

 

Duration of surgery, hours, mean ± SD

2.9 ± 1.3

3.0 ± 1.4

0.645

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation
  2. an = 217
  3. bn = 226
  4. cComplexity of surgery was determined by the investigator based on patient and surgical characteristics