Table 2.

Comparison of infants’ anthropometric indexes by volume of formula milk consumption at 3 mo of age

		Feeding groups
Variable and age	n	BM	LFM	HFM	Pa	Pb	Pc	Pd
Body Weight (kg)		610(55.5)	363(33.2)	120(11.0)
At birth	1093	3.33 ± 0.39	3.34 ± 0.38	3.36 ± 0.42	0.782	0.890	0.483	0.563
3mo	1085	6.93 ± 0.84	6.90 ± 0.79	7.12 ± 0.72	0.029	0.515	0.019	0.009
6mo	1093	8.51 ± 1.00	8.61 ± 1.02	8.85 ± 0.87	0.002	0.118	0.022	0.022
12mo	1093	10.11 ± 1.07	10.4 ± 1.10	10.73 ± 0.99	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.004
Body Length (cm)
At birth	1093	50.1 ± 1.24	50.28 ± 1.31	50.11 ± 1.28	0.095	0.035	0.963	0.199
3mo	1085	62.34 ± 2.16	62.5 ± 2.3	63.07 ± 2.47	0.005	0.275	0.001	0.016
6mo	1093	68.34 ± 2.33	68.64 ± 2.45	69.04 ± 2.51	0.007	0.057	0.004	0.117
12mo	1093	76.35 ± 2.41	76.92 ± 2.85	77.46 ± 2.61	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.045
WLZ
At birth	1093	−0.19 ± 1.03	−0.29 ± 0.99	−0.1 ± 1.00	0.147	0.143	0.369	0.076
3mo	1085	0.64 ± 1.08	0.51 ± 0.97	0.65 ± 0.8	0.150	0.064	0.198	0.198
6mo	1093	0.74 ± 1.02	0.76 ± 0.98	0.96 ± 0.93	0.080	0.749	0.055	0.055
12mo	1093	0.56 ± 0.93	0.73 ± 0.91	0.96 ± 0.81	<0.001	0.003	<0.001	0.020
BAZ
At birth	1093	−0.15 ± 1.01	−0.21 ± 0.96	−0.08 ± 1	0.387	0.326	0.488	0.202
3mo	1085	0.68 ± 1.07	0.55 ± 0.95	0.7 ± 0.77	0.105	0.047	0.816	0.140
6mo	1093	0.64 ± 1.03	0.66 ± 1	0.86 ± 0.94	0.098	0.828	0.033	0.593
12mo	1093	0.5 ± 0.95	0.65 ± 0.93	0.83 ± 0.83	<0.001	0.012	<0.001	0.061

^aOne-way ANOVA for continuous variables were used to compare the 3 groups

^bComparison between BM and LFM.^c Comparison between BM and HFM.^d Comparison between LFM and HFM.BM, no formula milk; LFM, <840 ml formula milk/d; HFM,≥840 ml formula milk/d; WLZ, weight-for-length z-scores; BAZ, BMI-for-age z score