Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the patients studied

Patient no	Birth weight (g)	Gestational age (weeks)	Study weight (g)	Postnatal age (days)	Feeding regimen^1-150	Estimated energy intake^1-151(kcal/kg/day)
1	1118	30	1047	10	e	108
2	1150	29	1133	10	e	128
3	1201	29	1330	21	e	109
4	1379	29	1458	11	e	105
5	715	27	1190	33	e	119
6	745	25	1026	30	e	114
7	850	26	1352	51	e	115
8	734	27	1033	38	e	141
9	970	29	888	13	e	105
10	1099	31	1195	12	p	110
11	1060	27	940	4	p+e	58
Median	1060	29	1133	13

↵1-150 e, enteral; p, parenteral.
↵1-151 Estimated on the basis that breast milk had 0.67 kcal/ml, preterm formula used had 0.7 kcal/ml, and the total parenteral nutrition used had 0.4 kcal/ml.