Table 3.

Clinical Outcomes. NEC – Necrotising Enterocolitis; TANEC – Transfusion-Associated NEC (NEC within 48 h of transfusion)

	Group 1 No feeds	Group 2 Full feeds	Group 3 Restricted feeds	p-value
Time to return to full feeds, hours ± SD	8 ± 35	13 ± 46	8 ± 32	0.88
Feed intolerance, n (%)	0	5 (25%)	1 (5%)	0.02*
Abdo distension, n (%)	1 (5%)	3 (15%)	2 (10%)	0.57
Adverse Events, n (%)	0	0	1 (5%)**	0.36
TANEC, n	0	0	0	n/a
NEC, n	0	0	0	n/a***
Late onset sepsis, n	11/19	10/18	7/17	n/a***
Mortality, n	0	0	0	n/a***

*p < 0.05

**1 infant treated for suspected NEC (managed conservatively; not proven)

***not appropriate to compare rates of long term outcomes as feeding allocation was for one transfusion only