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Influence of pooled human milk and LBWF feeding on growth, fat and protein accretion in PT was studied by the combined techniques of 3 days nutrient balances and indirect calorimetry. Two groups of PT, LBWF (n=6; BW:1353 ± 255 g; GA:30.3 ± 1.0 wks) and HM (n=6; BW:1318 ± 115 g; GA:30 ± 1.5 wks) were studied twice. One study was performed at 33 (I) and the second at 36 wks of postconceptional age (II). Between studies weight gain was 13.5 and 22.9 g/kg/d in HM and LBWF groups respectively (p < 0.001); length gain 1.0 ± 0.3 (HM) and 1.4 ± 0.2 cm (LBWF) (p < 0.05); head circumference gain 1.0 ± 0.2 (HM) and 1.1 ± 0.1 cm (LBWF) (NS). Energy and protein balance results are shown in the table (m ± s.d.):
Fat deposition accounted for 25% (HM) and 23% (LBWF) of the weight gain in Study I and for 29% (HM) and 26% (LBWF) in Study II. In conclusion, these data show that the post-natal protein retention was higher in the LBWF than in the HM fed PT and fat deposition was important for weight gain.
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Putet, G., Senterre, J., Rigo, J. et al. ENERGY PROTEIN ULITIZATION AND GROWTH IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT FORMULA (LBWF) AND HUMAN MILK (HM) FED PRETERM INFANTS (PT). Pediatr Res 18 (Suppl 4), 344 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198404001-01507
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