Re: Errors in Zhao et al (2015), Impact of enteral nutrition on energy metabolism in patients with Crohn's disease

World J Gastroenterol. 2016 Mar 7;22(9):2867-8. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i9.2867.

Abstract

We report invalidating errors related to the statistical approach in the analysis and data inconsistencies in a published single cohort study of patients with Crohn's disease. We provide corrected calculations from the available data and request that a corrected analysis be provided by the authors. These errors should be corrected.

Keywords: Data inconsistency; Differences in nominal significance; Statistical error.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Crohn Disease / therapy*
  • Energy Metabolism*
  • Enteral Nutrition*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male