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Table 15.2 review Clinical Trials with Prebiotics in Preterm Infants (Nutritional Intervention During the First year of l
i
fe)
Target group/
Completers in
Prebiotic group
Prebiotic Compound
Age
Main outcome
ref.
scfos
0-2
Healthy infants/36
increased counts of biidobacteria within 1 week of
intervention
kapiki et al.
119
scgos + lcfos
0-2
Healthy infants/15
increasing counts of biidobacteria, reduction of
hardness of stools, reduction of counts of fecal
pathogens
boehm et al.
114
knol et al.
115
scgos + lcfos
0-2
Healthy infants/10
reduction of gastrointestinal transit time; reduction of
stool viscosity (no microbiology)
Mihatsch et
al.
116
scgos + lcfos
0-2
Healthy infants/10
statistically signiicant but small effect on reduction of
gastric emptying time (no microbiology)
indrio et al.
117
Source:
adapted from boehm and Moro, 2008.
53
Note:
gos, galacto-oligosaccharides; sc: short chain; fos, fructo-oligosaccharides; lc: long chain.
