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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2008 Oct;64(4):381–386. doi: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e318180e499

Table 1.

Characteristics of subjects and nutritional data

Gestational Age Birth Wt Age at Study Weight at Study Protein* Phenylalanine* Methionine*
(wks) (gm) (h) (gm) (g.kg.d) (µmol.kg−1.h−1) (µmol.kg−1h−1)
Full term 39.1 ± 1.5 3315 ± 503 39 ± 10 3277 ± 516 2.4 ± 0.1 21.6 ± 0.6 14 ± 0.4
(n=18)
Preterm 28.6 ± 1.7 1230 ± 248 73 ± 14 1155 ± 248 3.1 ± 0.5 30 ± 5 24 ± 0.4
(n=9)

Data are mean ± SD

*

Full term infants were fed commercial formula (SimilacR) while preterm infants were receiving parenteral nutrition (TrophamineR) with added cysteine (40 mg/g protein or 42 ± 7 μmole.kg−1.h−1) and intralipid.