Table 5.
Feeding tolerance at fortifier introduction: comparison of data from the present study with the literature.
| HMF Group n (%) |
BMF Group n (%) |
p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present study *1 | Feeding intolerance | 8 (8%) | 5 (5%) | n.s. |
| Gastric residuals | 6 (6%) | 3 (3%) | n.s. | |
| Interruption | 22 (21%) | 18 (19%) | n.s. | |
| O’Connor et al. [27] *2 | Feeding intolerance | 9 (14.4%) | 0 (0%) | n.s. |
| Gastric residuals | 26 (40.6%) | 25 (41.1%) | n.s. | |
| Interruption | 17 (26.6%) | 20 (32.8%) | n.s. |
*1 Feeding intolerance and gastric residuals for the first 3 days of introduction, Interruption from introduction until 32+0, *2 whole fortification period; HM = human milk, HMF = human milk based fortifier, BMF = bovine based human milk fortifier.