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. 2024 Aug 3;16(15):2544. doi: 10.3390/nu16152544

Table 2.

The proportion of infants who were fed or not fed with human milk (HM) from the breast or bottle at 1, 3, and 6 months of life.

Type of Feeding 1st Month 3rd Month 6th Month
Gr 1
NBS–PKU
n = 66
Gr 2
NBS non-PKU
n = 45
Gr 3
SS non-PKU
n = 16
Total
n = 127
Gr 1
NBS–PKU
n = 66
Gr 2
NBS non-PKU
n = 45
Gr 3
SS non-PKU
n = 16
Total
n = 127
Gr 1
NBS–PKU
n = 66
Gr 2
NBS non-PKU
n = 45
Gr 3
SS non-PKU
n = 16
Total
n = 127
Feeding with HM
% of total group
49 36 6 91 28 24 5 57 19 14 1 34
74 80 38 72 42 53 31 45 29 31 6 27
HM from breast % of total group 23 22 2 47 23 17 2 42 12 11 1 24
35 49 13 37 35 38 13 33 18 24 6 19
HM from bottle % of total group 26 14 4 44 5 7 3 15 7 3 0 10
39 31 25 35 8 16 19 12 11 7 0 8
None of HM % of total group 17 9 10 36 38 21 11 70 47 31 15 93
26 20 62 28 58 47 69 55 71 69 94 73

NBS PKU—patients diagnosed through newborn screening (NBS) with classic PKU; NBS non-PKU—patients diagnosed through newborn screening with: GA1-12, MSUD-7, PA-1, MMA-5, IVA-12, HCU-3, OTC-2, CIT t.1-2, and ASA-1; SS non-PKU—patients diagnosed through selective screening (SS) with: GA1-5, MSUD-3, PA-1, MMA-2, and TYR t.1-5