Table 4.
Growth velocities of the infants.
| Human milk group (n = 73) |
Standard formula group (n = 61) |
Prosyneo® group (n = 64) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight gain till 1st month, g/day | 48 ± 18 | 35 ± 25 | 46 ± 16 | <0.001 |
| Weight gain between 1st and 3rd months, g/day | 30 ± 10 | 32 ± 8 | 33 ± 8 | 0.153 |
| Length gain till 1st month, mean ± SD, cm/week | 0.90 ± 0.48 | 0.86 ± 0.45 | 0.96 ± 0.42 | 0.263 |
| Length gain between 1st and 3rd months, cm/week | 0.78 ± 0.25 | 0.78 ± 0.26 | 0.85 ± 0.23 | 0.170 |
| Head circumference gain till 1st month, mean ± SD, cm/week | 0.62 ± 0.34 | 0.60 ± 0.28 | 0.70 ± 0.31 | 0.113 |
| Head circumference gain between 1st and 3rd months, cm/week | 0.39 ± 0.16 | 0.44 ± 0.14 | 0.39 ± 0.16 | 0.255 |
Data presented as mean ± SD.
Statistically significant p-value is shown bold.