Table 1.

Comparison of CCGF in Preterm Mothers' Own Milk, Collected from Weeks 1 to 6 of a NICU Stay, to Banked Donor Milk.^a

CCGF	IL-10	IL-4	IL-6	TNF-α	EGF	IP-10	MCP-1	MIP-1α	IL-8
Week 1 (N = 44)	−3.02c	−0.91	−4.3d	−5.13d	1.13	−3.88d	−3.32d	−1.35	−4.21d
Week 2 (N = 36)	−2.47b	−1.37	−3.17d	−4.3d	−1.26	−3.61d	−2.4b	−0.253	−2.08b
Week 3 (N = 36)	−0.575	−1.23	−2.33b	−3.94d	−1.07	−3.26d	−1.67	−1.67	−1.8
Week 4 (N = 33)	−0.628	−0.436	−1.84	−3.56d	−0.36	−3.2d	−1.37	−1.99b	−1.12
Week 5 (N = 26)	−0.134	−0.024	0.801	−2.48b	−0.27	−1.69	−0.452	−1.6	−0.63
Week 6 (N = 20)	−0.012	−0.095	−0.549	−2.25b	−0.289	−0.754	−0.297	−2.14b	−0.89

Abbreviations: CCGF, cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors; EGF, epidermal growth factor; IL, interleukin; IP, interferon gamma inducible protein; MCP, monocyte chemotactic protein; MIP, macrophage inflammatory protein; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.

^aData are Mann–Whitney U Z values in preterm MOM CCGF compared to donor milk CCGF (N = 25).

^bP < .05.

^cP < .01.

^dP < .001.