Nutrient Unit Per 100mL prepared feed
Energy kJ 280
  kcal 66
Protein g 1.3
Carbohydrate (lactose) g 7.4
Fat g 3.4
C8:0 Caprylic g 0.06
C10:0 Capric g 0.17
C12:0 Lauric g 0.08
C14:0 Myristic g 0.18
C16:0 Palmitic g 0.55
C18:0 Stearic g 0.23
C18:1 Oleic g 1.58
C18:2 Linoleic acid g 0.39
C18:3 α-Linolenic acid g 0.058
% C16:0 in sn-2 position   31
Calcium mg 65
Iron mg 0.71

Table 1: Composition of study formula

Age at enrolment (days) 58 (38)
Gestational age (weeks) 40 (0.5)
Weight at birth (kg) 3.3 (0.3)
Weight at enrolment (kg) 4.7 (0.9)
Gender (% female) 70  

Table 2: Baseline characteristic of participants Mean (SD)

  Visit 1 Visit 2 p value *

Stool
consistency

2

3

<0.05

No. Stools / day 2 2 >0.2

Crying hours
24 h

3 1 < 0.001

*Wilcoxian signed rank test statistics
Table 3: Parental assessments at inclusion and follow-up

  visit 1 visit 2
very satisfied 0 14
satisfied 6 6
neutral 3 0
dissatisfied 10 0
very dissatisfied 1 0

* Number of parents in each category of Likert-type scale
Table 4: Parental satisfaction score*

  Normal Values Visit 1 Visit 2 p value *
Fat 7-11 8.6+1.9 6.8+2.1 <0.001
Water 80-85 78+6 80+5 >0.2
Nitrogen <1.8 1.4+0.3 1.4+0.3 >0.2
Carbohydrate <2 1.1+1.1 1.2+1.4 >0.2

Values are expressed as mean+SD % (wt/wt of stools)
*Wilcoxian signed rank test statistics
Table 5: Composition of stools at inclusion and follow-up