Table 2.

Need of nutritional support according to gestational age at birth

	Enrolled infants	Infants with GA = 34 (n = 359)	Infants with GA = 35 (n = 571)	Infants with GA = 36 (n = 838)
Need for parenteral nutrition n(%)	78 (4.4)	38 (10.6)*	27 (4.7)***	13 (1.6)
Need for intravenous fluids n(%)	598 (33.8)	245 (68.2)*	196 (34.3)***	157 (18.7)
Need for tube feeding n(%)	46 (2.6)	19 (5.3)*	16 (2.8)**	11 (1.3)

*p < 0.0001 infants with GA = 34 weeks versus infants with 35 and 36 weeks

**p = 0.04 infants with GA = 35 weeks versus infants with GA = 36 weeks

***p < 0.0001 newborns with GA = 35 weeks versus newborns with GA = 36 weeks