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Table 4 The effect on neonatal morbidity of donor milk versus maternal milk in first 4 weeks of life

From: Dose-dependent effect of human milk on Bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight infants

Subgroup

BPD

n(%)

Moderate-severe BPD n(%)

NEC n(%)

NEC(≥Bell’s stage 2 n(%))

Later onset sepsis n(%)

EUGR n(%)

Donor milk ≥50 ml/kg/d

21 (14.3)

21 (0)

21 (0)

21 (0)

21 (0)

21 (36.8)

Maternal milk ≥50 ml/kg/d

127 (26.0)

127 (9.4)

127 (4.7)

127 (0.8)

127 (11.8)

127 (30.2)

Statistical value

1.340

2.159

1.034

0.166

2.760

0.345

P-value

0.247

0.142

0.309

0.683

0.097

0.557