Table 1 Infant characteristics by human milk group

From: Erratum: Early human milk feeding is associated with a lower risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants

 

Low HM < 50% of HM in enteral feed first 14 days of life N=46

High HM ⩾50% of HM in enteral feed first 14 days of life N=156

Necrotizing enterocolitis

5 (10.9%)

5 (3.2%)a

 Age of onset (days)

21.8±6.7

24.2±5.6

Enteral feed volume prior to NEC onset (ml/kg/day)

46.5±14.8

32.3±4.1

 Surgical NEC

1 (2.1%)

2 (1.3%)

 Death

1 (2.1%)

2 (1.3%)

 Suspected cases

6 (13.0%)

22 (14.1%)

Birth weight (g)

1184.2±30.2

1112.8±17.8a

Gestational age (weeks)

29.2±0.3

28.1±0.2a

Respiratory distress syndrome

30 (65.2%)

136 (87.1%)a,b

  1. Abbreviations: HM, human milk, NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis.
  2. All continuous data are expressed as mean±s.e.m. Categorical data are expressed as number (percentage).
  3. aUnadjusted values significantly different, P<0.05.
  4. bNo longer significant when adjusted for gestational age, remained significantly different after controlling for birth weight.
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