TABLE 5.
Growth (weight) data for the 3 groups of infants1
| Weight (g) |
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| 4 mo |
9 mo |
Weight gain (g/d) 4–9 mo |
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| Control | FeMed | FeCer | Control | FeMed | FeCer | Control | FeMed | FeCer | |
| Boys | 6838 ± 726 (32) | 6993 ± 692 (23) | 6736 ± 752 (23) | 9179 ± 877 (28) | 9114 ± 970 (18) | 8883 ± 755 (19) | 13.9 ± 3.30 (28) | 12.7 ± 2.39 (18) | 13.0 ± 2.57 (19) |
| Girls | 6291 ± 558 (27) | 6299 ± 455 (25) | 6200 ± 664 (22) | 8555 ± 772 (26) | 8197 ± 732 (23) | 8496 ± 871 (19) | 13.3 ± 3.39 (26) | 11.6 ± 3.23 (23) | 13.2 ± 2.73 (19) |
| Both sexes combined | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.58 | 12.182 | 13.13 |
| P (ANOVA) | |||||||||
| Sex | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.351 | ||||||
| Treatment | 0.420 | 0.410 | 0.083 | ||||||
| Sex × treatment | 0.800 | 0.369 | 0.603 | ||||||
1
All values are means ± SDs; n in parentheses. FeMed, medicinal iron; FeCer, infant cereal.
2
Significantly different from control, P = 0.027.