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Table 4 Fussiness and gassiness at Days 14, 30, 60, 90, and 120

From: Growth and tolerance of healthy, term infants fed lower protein extensively hydrolyzed or amino acid-based formula: double-blind, randomized, controlled trial

 

Fussiness, n (%)

 

Gassiness, n (%)

 

Day

Group

Not at all

Slightly

Moderately

Very

Extremely

P

None at all

Slight amount

Moderate amount

Excessive amount

P

14

Control

43 (25)

90 (52)

34 (20)

4 (2)

2 (1)

0.513

11 (6)

75 (43)

73 (42)

14 (8)

0.791

EHF

52 (31)

85 (50)

26 (15)

6 (4)

1 (1)

 

12 (7)

72 (42)

73 (43)

13 (8)

 

AAF

40 (25)

81 (51)

34 (22)

1 (1)

2 (1)

 

14 (9)

64 (41)

72 (46)

8 (5)

 

30

Control

16 (11)

67 (48)

43 (30)

14 (10)

1 (1)

0.029*†

9 (6)

59 (42)

64 (45)

9 (6)

0.611

EHF

21 (17)

66 (54)

30 (25)

4 (3)

1 (1)

 

4 (3)

56 (46)

51 (41)

12 (10)

 

AAF

22 (18)

60 (49)

37 (30)

2 (2)

2 (2)

 

9 (7)

54 (44)

51 (41)

9 (7)

 

60

Control

30 (24)

57 (45)

32 (25)

5 (4)

2 (2)

0.171

11 (9)

49 (39)

51 (40)

15 (12)

0.294

EHF

36 (32)

52 (46)

21 (19)

3 (3)

1 (1)

 

8 (7)

55 (49)

44 (39)

6 (5)

 

AAF

28 (25)

53 (46)

26 (23)

5 (4)

2 (2)

 

7 (6)

56 (49)

46 (40)

5 (4)

 

90

Control

46 (38)

55 (45)

19 (16)

0 (0)

1 (1)

0.874

19 (16)

60 (50)

37 (31)

5 (4)

0.850

EHF

45 (43)

40 (38)

15 (14)

3 (3)

2 (2)

 

12 (11)

56 (53)

32 (30)

5 (5)

 

AAF

39 (35)

54 (48)

15 (13)

4 (4)

0 (0)

 

18 (16)

55 (49)

29 (26)

10 (9)

 

120

Control

51 (44)

41 (35)

17 (15)

6 (5)

1 (1)

0.192

25 (22)

52 (45)

35 (30)

4 (3)

0.783

EHF

49 (47)

41 (39)

10 (10)

4 (4)

1 (1)

 

21 (20)

57 (54)

24 (23)

3 (3)

 

AAF

35 (33)

46 (43)

20 (19)

5 (5)

0 (0)

 

25 (24)

47 (44)

32 (30)

2 (2)

 
  1. * Control vs EHF significantly different, P = 0.015
  2. † Control vs AAF significantly different, P = 0.043