The Effect of Fish Oil-Based Lipid Emulsion and Soybean Oil-Based Lipid Emulsion on Cholestasis Associated with Long-Term Parenteral Nutrition in Premature Infants

Table 1

Demographics of premature infants.

	Soybean oil group ()	Fish oil group ()	/ value	value
Gender: male (%)	22 (68.8%)	18 (62.1%)	0.301	0.583
Feeding intolerance (%)	8 (25.0%)	10 (34.5%)	0.658	0.417
Infection history (%)	22 (68.8%)	19 (65.5%)	0.072	0.788
Birth weight (g)	1119.8 ± 134.1	1123.7 ± 113.5	0.777	0.382
Gestational age (week)	28.8 ± 1.3	28.9 ± 1.4	0.188	0.666
Age at which feeding began (day)	8.1 ± 4.6	10.9 ± 6.9	2.214	0.142

Continuous variables with normal distribution were presented as mean ± standard deviation, while categorical variables were presented as number (percentage). Between-group comparisons of enumeration data were performed using chi-squared test as appropriate. Independent sample test was used to compare the measurement data normally distributed.