A PLANNED PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF THE ANTI‐INFECTIVE PROPERTY OF VARYING QUANTITIES OF EXPRESSED HUMAN MILK
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Paediatrica
- Vol. 71 (3) , 441-445
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1982.tb09449.x
Abstract
This paper comprises 261 low birth weight infants who were divided into four groups with different feeding schedules. Group I–expressed human milk for all the feeds; Group II–human milk for half the feeds and the nursery formula for the rest; Group III–colostrum, 20 ml three times a day along with the nursery formula; and Group IV–control–only the nursery formula. The groups were matched by means of a randomised block design for identifiable factors which could predispose to the occurrence of infection. Infections were found to be significantly less in the groups which received human milk (p <0.001).Keywords
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