Figure 1.

Consort diagram Lactoferrin vs Placebo.

^a Infants that died during the first 72 hours of life (n=75), were discharged (n=17), or whose parents were not available for enrollment during that period (n=103).

^b Infants of single mothers (n=8), adolescent mothers (n=13), mothers in the UCI (n=10), father outside the city (n=5), father absent (n=10), father participating in the trial (n=1).

^c This analysis includes a patient that was diagnosed after randomization with esophageal atresia, a condition that prevented oral intake, an exclusion criterion.