Table 3.

Length at the age of 2 and 10 weeks in Nigerian late preterm infants fed either breast milk on special preterm formula.

Parameter	Formula-fed N = 17	Breastmilk-fed N = 24	P valuea
Length at 2 weeks of age
All	42.94 ± 2.08	42.58 ± 2.39	0.613
Boys	41.88 ± 2.10	44.38 ± 2.07	0.031
Girls	43.89 ± 1.62	41.69 ± 2.06	0.008
Length at 10 weeks of age
All	52.47 ± 2.24	52.42 ± 1.60	0.943
Boys	51.38 ± 2.39	54.25 ± 2.71	0.041
Girls	53.44 ± 1.67	51.50 ± 1.90	0.016
% length growth from 2 to 10 weeks of age	22%	23%

Data are presented as mean ± SD.

^aIndependent Samples T-test.