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Table 1 Baseline maternal and infant demographic characteristics

From: Reduced crying in term infants fed high beta-palmitate formula: a double-blind randomized clinical trial

 

LBP

HBP

BF

(n = 28)

(n = 30)

(n = 25)

Maternal age, years

33.3 ± 0.8

32.3 ± 0.6

31.6 ± 0.8

Maternal education (% of women with >12 years of education)

53.6%*

60.0%*

92.0%

Primigravida (%)

21.4%

16.7%

32.0%

Gestational age, weeks

39.1 ± 0.2*

39.1 ± 0.2*

39.7 ± 0.2

Type of delivery (% vaginal)

57.1%

72.4%

68.0%

Twins (%)

21.4%*

26.7%*

0.0%

Gender (% male)

46.4%

60.0%

68.0%

Birth weight, kg

3.2 ± 0.5

3.1 ± 0.6

3.4 ± 0.4

  1. Mean ± SEM.
  2. *p < 0.05 compared to BF.