TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics of Malawian women included and excluded from intervention group comparisons of human milk oligosaccharides at 6 mo postpartum1
| Characteristic | Included (n = 647) | Excluded (n = 744) | P value2 |
| Maternal age, y | 25.1 ± 6.0 | 24.7 ± 6.2 | 0.187 |
| Proxy for socioeconomic status | −0.07 ± 1.05 | 0.08 ± 0.96 | 0.010 |
| Primiparous women | 136 (21.1) | 166 (22.7) | 0.473 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 21.9 ± 2.7 | 22.4 ± 3.0 | 0.011 |
| Women with a low BMI (<18.5) | 36 (5.6) | 38 (5.2) | 0.811 |
| Women with a positive HIV test result | 79 (12.3) | 101 (14.9) | 0.173 |
1
Values are means ± SDs or n (%).
2
P values are expressed for the difference in characteristics between those included and excluded from analyses, as determined by the t test for continuous variables and by Fisher’s exact test for comparisons of proportions.