Table 2. Enteral feeding data.

	Milk curd obstruction (n=20)	Controls (n=40)	P values
Time to first EBM, hours	20 (15–49)	23 (11–39)	0.68
Received full fortification of breast milk feeds*	8 (40)	27 (68)	0.08
Received half fortification of breast milk feeds†	1 (5)	4 (10)	0.87
Age when HMF added, hours	243 (150–309)	224 (172–321)	0.95
Time between addition of fortifier and onset of MCO, days	10 (7–17)	N/A
Age when feed volume 150 mL/kg/day	9 (9–14)	10 (9–11)	0.66
Ever on continuous enteral feeds	3 (16)	15 (39)	0.13
Age continuous enteral feed was started, days	23 (20–34)	17 (11–21)	0.15
Duration of continuous enteral feed, days	4 (3–9)	11 (10–19)	0.10
Preterm formula	4 (20)	4 (10)	0.42
Term formula	0 (0)	4 (10)	0.29
Time to first meconium, hours	20 (3–84)	14 (1–44)	0.36
Prior medically/surgically-managed gut pathology‡	7 (35)	0 (0)	2.007×10−4

Data are n (%), median (IQR).

Comorbidities: Surgically and medically managed NEC (n=1), medically managed NEC and inguinal hernia (n=1).

^*Fortifier added as per manufacturer’s instructions.

^†Fortifier added in half the recommended dose.

^‡Prior medically-managed or surgically-managed gut pathology included NEC (n=2), spontaneous intestinal perforation (n=1 (colon)), congenital abnormality (n=0), meconium ileus (n=1), inguinal hernia (n=2, both bilateral and reducible) or septic ileus (n=1).

EBMexpressed breast milkHMFhuman milk fortifierMCOmilk curd obstructionNECnecrotising enterocolitis