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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2016 Jan;62(1):130–136. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000934

Table 2.

Dietary intakes, fecal output, and fat-balance data in preterm infants fed breast milk or formula

2 Weeks p 6 Weeks p
Breast Milk
(n=8)		 Formula
(n=10)		 Breast Milk
(n=10)		 Formula
(n=10)
Dietary intake (mL/kg/d) 130 ± 38 144 ± 21 0.4 145 ± 15 149 ± 5 0.5
Fecal output (g/kg/d) 2.9 ± 1.6 4.4 ± 2.4 0.2 2.9 ± 2.0 4.3 ± 2.5 0.2
Fat intake (nmol × 105/kg/d) 181 ± 38 184 ± 43 0.8 127 ± 27.4 193 ± 32.9 0.0001
Fat output (nmol × 105/kg/d) 5.6 ± 3.5 7.0 ± 4.2 0.5 2.6 ± 2.8 6.9 ± 4.9 0.03
Coefficient of total fat absorption (CFA, %) 97.2 (96.0–98.1) 96.0 (94.9–98.3) 0.5 98.7 (97.2–99.1) 96.2 (95.0–98.3) 0.2