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Nutritional Support in Alcoholic Cirrhotic Patients Improves Host Defenses

Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago, CHILE

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Effect of a nutritional support during six months on basal hydrogen breath test. ANOVA for repeated measures p<0.03.

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Effect of nutritional support during six months on delayed coetaneous hypersensitivity, measured by skin multitest with seven antigens. Results are expressed as the sum of the major diameter of all the positive reactions. Paired t test p<0.02.

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Effect of a nutritional support during six months on serum IgG and IgM endotoxin antibodies levels. ANOVA for repeated measured=ns. Serum IgG and IgM endotoxin antibodies levels between patients with persisting alcohol intake compared with abstinent patients, ANOVA p<0.006 for IgG.