Characteristics of study population: data are means (SE) or number of subjects
| Main diet including Betapol | Comparison diets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | A + B | |||
| Subjects: | |||||
| Randomised | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | |
| Completing isotope or balance study | 8 | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Birthweight | 1260 (70) | 1210 (80) | 1190 (90) | 1200 (60) | |
| Gestation | 29.1 (0.9) | 29.4 (1.0) | 29.1 (0.4) | 29.3 (0.6) | |
| Sex: M:F | 4:4 | 4:5 | 2:5 | 6:10 | |
| Ventilated: | |||||
| At all | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| > 7 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Days to full enteral feeds | 15.9 (2.3) | 14.2 (1.6) | 17.7 (2.7) | 15.8 (1.5) | |
| Calcium isotope/balance study period: | |||||
| Body weight (g) at start | 1740 (100) | 1800 (90) | 1720 (90) | 1770 (60) | |
| Age (days) at start | 32.4 (2.9) | 35.2 (6.1) | 39.0 (4.5) | 36.9 (3.8) | |
| Duration of balance (days) | 4.0 (0.5) | 4.3 (0.2) | 3.2 (0.7) | 3.9 (0.4) | |
| Milk intake g/kg per day | 185 (14) | 185 (13) | 189 (12) | 187 (9) | |
| 2-150Fat intake g/kg per day | 7.8 (0.6) | 8.0 (0.5) | 8.0 (0.6) | 8.0 (0.4) | |
| 2-150Calcium intake mg/kg/day | 141 (11) | 142 (10) | 145 (9) | 143 (7) | |
↵2-150 Based on actual analytic values (see table 2).