Colonic transendoscopic tube-delivered enteral therapy (with video): a prospective study

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 2 Univariate analysis for the retention time of TET tube

Items	Total	Short-retention (≤ 8.5 days)	Long-retention (> 8.5 days)	P-value
Patients (n)	158	79	79	–
Sex, male, n	80	46	34	0.056
Age, years, m ± SD	41.6 ± 16.1	38.8 ± 15.5	44.5 ± 16.2	0.026
Disease type	158	66	92	0.246
UC	101	47	54
Others	57	32	25
Endoscopic clip type	158	79	79	< 0.001
Small clip	35	27	8
Large clip	123	52	71

In the comparison of groups short-retention and long-retention, disease duration, fixed position and endoscopic clip number were not significantly different (not shown in the table). SD Standard deviation, UC ulcerative colitis, IQR inter quartile range

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