Table 3.
Duration of diarrhea, daily milk, oral rehydration solution (ORS), total electrolytea, water, total fluidb, energy intakec and weight gain (means ±standard deviation) during diarrheic period of the milk–ORS, water–ORS and milk a.l.+water–ORS (milk ad libitum+water–ORS) feeding regimes.
|
Feeding regimes |
P Feeding regime | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Milk–ORS |
Water–ORS |
Milk a.l.+water–ORS |
||
| 30 | 26 | 25 | ||
| Duration of diarrhea (d) | 5.00±1.39 | 5.650±2.23 | 4.680±1.63 | 0.14 |
| Milk intake (L) | 5.06a0±1.07 | 4.80a0±1.26 | 7.15b0±2.13 | <0.01 |
| ORS intake (L) | 4.57a0±1.40 | 3.15b0±1.98 | 1.99c0±2.06 | <0.01 |
| Total electrolyte intake (mmol/L) | 1116a0±272 | 887b0±319 | 958b0±321 | <0.01 |
| Water intake (L) | 1.72a0±1.19 | 0.95b0±0.96 | 0.63b0±0.73 | <0.01 |
| Total fluid intake (L) | 6.63a0±1.74 | 8.84b0±2.48 | 9.69b0±2.89 | <0.01 |
| Energy intake (MJ) | 15.4a0±3.3 | 13.9a0±3.5 | 19.4b0±5.4 | <0.01 |
| Weight gain (g) | 6580±324 | 4740±265 | 5870±390 | 0.15 |
Lowercase letters indicate statistically significant differences between the feeding regimes.
Faults discovered adjusted P-values.
a
Total electrolyte intake=[Na+]+[K+]+[Cl−] of ingested milk and ORS.
b
Total fluid intake=water+milk+ORS–water.
c
Energy intake=energy of ingested milk+ORS.