Figure 1.

Whereas both nasogastric tube (NGT) and gastrostomy (GS) feeding improve nutritional status, only GS feeding associates with stabilized linear growth in young infants undergoing CPD. The data points represent mean estimates at key time points of postnatal development, (i.e., birth, commencement of CPD, initiation and discontinuation of nasogastric tube or gastrostomy feeding, enrollment to IPPN [study entry], and last available observation). Two-dimensional error bars denote the 95% confidence intervals to mean age and SDS at the respective time point.