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Table 1 Response rate, demographic characteristics and exclusive enteral nutrition experience characteristics of paediatric Crohn’s disease participants

From: Dietary treatment of Crohn’s disease: perceptions of families with children treated by exclusive enteral nutrition, a questionnaire survey

Characteristics

N (%)

Response rate

29 out of 41 (71)

Parental IBD history

3 (10)

Male gender

20 (69)

Completed 8 weeks EEN

23 (79)

Experienced EEN once

22 (76)

Repeated EEN courses

7 (24)

Use of NG tube

16 (55)

Median Age (IQR)

13.3 (11.1–15.0)

  1. Abbreviations: IBD inflammatory bowel disease, EEN exclusive enteral nutrition, NG nasogastric tube, IQR interquartile range