Table 4: Confirmed NEC § cases in both groups.
| GA † at birth | Birth weight (gram) | NEC stage | CGA ‡ at diagnosis | Actual age at diagnosis (days) | Death secondary to NEC§ | Need for surgery | ||
| Control group | 1 | 30 + 0 | 1370 | II B | 33 + 4 | 25 | No | |
| 2 | 26 + 2 | 946 | III A | 28 + 5 | 17 | Yes | No | |
| 3 | 25 + 0 | 570 | III A | 28 + 4 | 25 | Yes | Yes | |
| 4 | 28 + 1 | 520 | III B | 29 + 0 | 6 | Yes | ||
| 5 | 26 + 5 | 960 | III A | 28 + 5 | 14 | Yes | No | |
| 6 | 29 + 5 | 960 | III B | 35 + 0 | 37 | Yes | No | |
| 7 | 29 + 2 | 1310 | II B | 34 + 1 | 34 | No | ||
| 8 | 24 + 5 | 710 | III B | 26 + 0 | 9 | Yes | No | |
| 9 | 27 + 5 | 880 | III A | 28 + 5 | 7 | No | ||
| 10 | 25 + 6 | 824 | II A | 31 + 6 | 42 | No | ||
| 11 | 24 + 5 | 840 | II A | 30 + 4 | 41 | No | ||
| 12 | 24 + 5 | 734 | II B | 31 + 4 | 48 | No | ||
| 13 | 28 + 2 | 640 | II B | 30 + 4 | 16 | No | ||
| Treatment group | 1 | 24 + 0 | 630 | II B | 29 + 0 | 35 | Yes | Yes |
| 2 | 27 + 5 | 940 | III B | 30 + 4 | 20 | Yes | ||
| 3 | 30 + 3 | 1120 | III A | 37 + 1 | 47 | Yes | No |
†GA = Gestational Age; ‡CGA = Corrected Gestational Age; §NEC = Necrotising Enterocolitis; ¶IUGR = Intrauterine Growth Retardation.