Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of included infants (percentage, median min-max or means ± SD).

	Bovine Colostrum	FM85 PreNAN	p-Value
N	102	100
Antenatal steroid n = 201 (%)	96	93	0.54
Cesarean section (%) n = 202	69	74	0.49
Multiple births (%) n = 202	29	34	0.69
Gender (% males) n = 202	62	67	0.33
Gestational age at birth (weeks), median (min-max) n = 202	28.9 (26–30.9)	28.6 (26–30.9)	0.33
Small for gestational age (%) n = 202	23.5	22.0	0.93
Birth weight (g) n = 202	1183 ± 337	1157 ± 322	0.58
Apgar score, 5 min, median (min-max) n = 191	9 (2–10)	10 (4–10)	1.00
Mechanical ventilation (%) n = 202	4.9	8.0	0.54
Mechanical ventilation (days) n = 41	23 ± 19	21 ± 15	0.83
Continuous positive airway pressure (%) n = 202	82	86	0.61
Continuous positive airway pressure (days) n = 143	27 ± 24	31 ± 24	0.29
PMA at start of fortification (weeks), median (min-max) n = 202	30.1 (26.9–32.3)	30.1 (27.6–32.1)	0.80
Body weight at the start of fortification (g) n = 202	1138 ± 291	1131 ± 280	0.87
Postnatal age at start of fortification (days), median (min-max) n = 202	8 (3–17)	9 (4–26)	0.03 *
Feeding volume at start of fortification (mL/kg) n = 202	148 ± 20	147 ± 21	0.57
PMA: postmenstrual age

SD: standard deviation, min: minimum, max: maximum. * p < 0.05