Prevalence and dietetic management of mild gastrointestinal disorders in milk-fed infants

Table 1 Description of clinical characteristics of patients at baseline and at the end of the study

		Baseline	30 d
Colic	Excess gases	82.90%	25.80%
	Duration of crying
	< 1 h/d	12.10%	85.20%
	1-3 h/d	53.00%	13.30%
	> 3 h/d	34.80%	1.60%
Regurgitations	Regurgitation and/or vomiting per day [mean (SD)]	6.9 (4.5)	2.4 (1.8)
	Mean number of daily ingestions	6.0	5.6
	Duration of daily ingestions
	Increases	-	24.50%
	Without change	-	22.40%
	Decreases	-	53.10%
	Volume of daily ingestion
	Increases	-	61.90%
	Without change	-	18.70%
	Decreases	-	19.40%
Constipation	Type of stools
	Normal	33.40%	95.60%
	Hard	66.60%	4.40%
	Presence of pain or discomfort
	Yes	90.00%	10.40%
	No	10.00%	89.60%
	External help needed for defecation
	Yes	76.10%	8.80%
	No	23.90%	91.20%
		Baseline	7 d
Diarrhoea	Presence of fever
	Yes	21.40%	1.50%
	No	78.60%	98.50%
	Number of stools per day [mean (SD)]	5.4 (1.8)	2.2 (1)
	Type of stools
	With mucus and/or blood	5.20%	1.10%
	Liquid	45.00%	4.80%
	Semiliquid	49.80%	14.40%
	Normaly	0.00%	79.70%