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Table 5 Weight gain and increases in recumbent length, head circumference, and body mass index (BMI) between three groups of infants during 0 – 4 months of age

From: Safety and tolerance assessment of milk fat globule membrane-enriched infant formulas in healthy term Chinese infants: a randomised multicenter controlled trial

  

MFGM-enriched formula

Standard formula

P 1

Breast-fed reference

P 1

Gender

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

MF vs SF

n

Mean

SD

Overall

Weight (g/d)

 

206

32.99

6.07

108

32.38

5.99

0.63

104

31.36

5.63

0.09

M 1

103

35.15

6.06

53

35.76

4.14

0.23

49

33.63

5.59

0.19

F 2

103

30.79

5.24

55

29.13

5.68

1.00

55

29.15

4.72

0.11

Recumbent length (mm/month)

 

206

36.54

4.96

108

35.94

5.36

1.00

104

35.87

5.16

0.51

M 1

103

38.42

4.35

53

38.12

4.79

1.00

49

38.05

4.44

0.88

F 2

103

34.60

4.79

55

33.86

5.04

1.00

55

33.74

4.92

0.55

Head circumference (mm/month)

 

206

16.99

3.47

108

18.26

9.72

1.00

104

17.66

3.98

0.18

M 1

103

17.80

3.34

53

20.79

3.39

0.59

49

18.77

3.88

0.07

F 2

103

16.16

3.41

55

15.85

3.43

0.98

55

16.58

3.77

0.62

BMI (kg/m2/month)

 

206

1.06

0.41

108

1.06

0.39

0.36

104

0.97

0.38

0.22

M 1

103

1.10

0.42

53

1.18

0.33

0.13

49

1.00

0.43

0.12

F 2

103

1.01

0.39

55

0.96

0.42

1.00

55

0.94

0.32

0.59

  1. 1M males
  2. 2F females
  3. A general linear model, group and sex as fixed effects, group by sex interaction and site as a random factor with post hoc Bonferroni adjusted comparisons