Table 5 Differences in complications during admission (30 days of intervention) between control and experimental group.

From: Effect of a diabetes-specific formula in non-diabetic inpatients with stroke: a randomized controlled trial

 

TOTAL

CONTROL

EXPERIMENTAL

p-value

Digestive Complications

Abdominal Distension

1 (1.9%)

0

1 (4%)

0.30

Vomiting

3 (5.8%)

1 (3.7%)

2 (8%)

0.51

Constipation

4 (7.7%)

3 (11.1%)

1 (4%)

0.34

Diarrhoea

5 (9.6%)

0

5 (20%)

0.02

Admission Complications

Bronchial Aspiration

11 (21.2%)

5 (18.5%)

6 (24%)

0.63

Readmission

11 (21.2%)

5 (20.8%)

6 (22.2%)

0.90

Death

20 (38.5%)

10 (37%)

10 (40%)

0.83