Table 3.

Clinical and nutritional variables.

Study variable	PDF fortification	No fortification	P value
Weight gain, gm/kg/d	16.8±5.5	13.8±4.7	0.04
Length gain, cm	0.76±0.2	0.58±0.19	0.003
OFC gain, cm	0.59±0.16	0.49±0.11	0.02
TPN only, days	0.48±1.23	0.2±0.65	0.33
Mixed feeding (TPN+enteral), days	10.20±7.32	7.76±4.89	0.17
Enteral feeding duration, days	22.4±11.50	20.32±32	0.45
Age at enteral intake of 100 mL/kg/day	8.24±3.5	10.24±4.9	0.10
Age at full enteral intake (160 mL/kg)	11.12±3.59	14.44±7	0.04
Complications			0.11
Feeding intolerance	3 (12%)	1 (4%)
Reflux	0 (0%)	4 (16%)
Sepsis	1 (4%)	0 (0%)
No complications	21 (84%)	20 (80%)
Length of hospital stay, days	22.76±8.8	28.52±7.9	0.02

PDF, post discharge formula; OFC, occipito-frontal circumference; TPN, total parenteral nutrition.