Table 2.
Clinical outcomes at the time of discharge.
| Clinical outcomes | Mother’s Milk Group |
Control Group |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days to achieve full enteral feeding * | 7.2 ± 0.6 | 9.1 ± 0.7 | 0.04 |
| Volume of full enteral feeding (mL) * | 118.9 ± 5.3 | 107.8 ± 5.7 | 0.38 |
| NEC at the end of the study (Bell stage ≥ 2) | 2 (4.9%) | 2 (4.3%) | 1 |
| Proven Sepsis at the end of the study | 3 (7.3%) | 2 (4.4%) | 0.66 |
| MV during 1st month of life | 9 (21.9%) | 13 (28.2%) | 0.72 |
| Abnormalities in ultrasound brain scan at 1st month of life | 14 (34.1%) | 10(21.7%) | 0.11 |
* Data expressed as means ± standard error of the mean. NEC: necrotizing enterecolitis, MV: mechanical ventilation.