Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	After obtaining informed consent from the parents, neonates satisfying the inclusion criteria were randomized prior to starting enteral feeds into two groups using computer generated random numbers kept in opaque sealed envelopes
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Low risk	After obtaining informed consent from the parents, neonates satisfying the inclusion criteria were randomized prior to starting enteral feeds into two groups using computer generated random numbers kept in opaque sealed envelopes
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)	Unclear risk	No details are provided in the study
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)	Unclear risk	No details are provided in the study
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)	Low risk	Miminal loss to follow up
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	Author seem to report all the outcomes
Other bias	Low risk	No other bias was noted