Enteral Nutrition Combined with Improved-Sijunzi Decoction Shows Positive Effect in Precachexia Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Analysis

Table 4

Comparison of patients' blood indicators.

Blood indicator	Time	ISJZ group	SEN group	-value
RBC (10^12/L)	Baseline	3.54 ± 0.60	3.98 ± 0.69	0.004
	Ending	3.81 ± 0.58	3.55 ± 0.76	0.092
	Difference	0.21 (0.10, 0.45)	−0.35 (−0.62, −0.18)	0.0001
HGB (g/L)	Baseline	106.48 ± 16.47	114.60 ± 20.36	0.051
	Ending	114.17 ± 17.43	101.91 ± 20.50	0.006
	Difference	7.00 (2.00, 12.00)	−10.00 (−20.00, −5.00)	0.0001
PAlb (g/L)	Baseline	0.14 ± 0.05	0.14 ± 0.07	0.638
	Ending	0.19 ± 0.07	0.13 ± 0.07	0.001
	Difference	0.05 (0.02, 0.083)	−0.02 (−0.07, 0.06)	0.0001
Alb (g/L)	Baseline	32.63 ± 6.89	35.44 ± 9.24	0.120
	Ending	36.22 ± 5.04	30.24 ± 6.64	0.0001
	Difference	2.85 (0.70, 4.90)	−2.6 ( 7.05, 0.13)	0.0001
TP (g/L)	Baseline	61.15 ± 6.96	66.76 ± 7.21	0.053
	Ending	67.13 ± 7.15	62.06 ± 8.97	0.008
	Difference	4.95 (2.65, 7.68)	−4.90 (−9.50, 3.50)	0.0001
ChE (U/L)	Baseline	5671.21 ± 1708.04	4930.71 ± 2053.72	0.081
	Ending	6340.07 ± 1594.36	4776.43 ± 1893.46	0.0001
	Difference	576.50 (93.50, 890.50)	61.00 (−2055.00, 827.00)	0.043
CRP (mg/L)	Baseline	42.75	37.80	0.535
	Ending	19.75	38.10	0.081
	Difference	−10.27 (−45.99, 2.38)	−3.00 (−41.60, 14.00)	0.308
CRP/Alb	Baseline	1.32 (0.28, 2.69)	0.96 (0.52, 2.94)	0.696
	Ending	0.57 (0.14, 1.67)	1.52 (0.41, 3.16)	0.028
	Difference	−0.38 (−1.76, 0.014)	0.045 (−0.92, 1.32)	0.027
CRP/PAlb	Baseline	0.33 (0.07, 0.93)	0.46 (0.10, 1.04)	0.443
	Ending	0.11 (0.03, 0.34)	0.38 (0.11, 0.94)	0.005
	Difference	−0.14 (−0.58, −0.00)	0.02 (−0.42, 0.37)	0.032
WBC (10^9/L)	Baseline	7.40 ± 3.61	9.06 ± 4.37	0.065
	Ending	7.55 ± 3.45	8.21 ± 3.80	0.413
	Difference	0.56 (−0.33, 1.92)	−0.80 (−2.24, 0.60)	0.01
ALT (U/L)	Baseline	19.98 ± 15.34	18.71 ± 14.60	0.709
	Ending	27.32 ± 17.42	20.29 ± 16.06	0.066
	Difference	3.00 (−4.25, 18.75)	1.00 (−13.00, 11.00)	0.256
AST (U/L)	Baseline	24.54 ± 13.58	30.60 ± 25.02	0.167
	Ending	29.54 ± 15.81	32.86 ± 32.86	0.551
	Difference	2.50 (−3.50, 12.25)	−2.00 (−14.00, 17.00)	0.190
ALP (U/L)	Baseline	125.74 ± 76.38	154.09 ± 114.33	0.185
	Ending	140.48 ± 79.65	189.91 ± 206.49	0.141
	Difference	8.00 (−3.75, 24.50)	3.00 (−64.00, 73.00)	0.706
CREA (μmol/L)	Baseline	55.93 ± 11.97	56.51 ± 16.77	0.856
	Ending	52.56 ± 11.80	51.34 ± 16.63	0.704
	Difference	−1.00 (−7.5, 1.50)	−5.00 (−24.00, 8.00)	0.464
UREA (mmol/L)	Baseline	4.52 ± 1.48	6.36 ± 4.68	0.030
	Ending	4.97 ± 1.93	5.73 ± 2.39	0.116
	Difference	0.20 (−0.45, 1.00)	−0.10 (−3.10, 1.70)	0.167

Statistical significance at ; statistical significance at . Baseline and ending: mean ± SD; difference: median (p25, p50). RBC, red blood cell; HGB, hemoglobin; PAlb, prealbumin; Alb, albumin; TP, total protein; ChE, cholinesterase; CRP, C-reactive protein; WBC, leukocyte; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; CREA, creatinine; UREA, urea nitrogen.