. 2017 Oct 19;75(11):920–933. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nux044

Table 5.

Concentrations of acidic human milk oligosaccharides (HMOS) from lactating women, regardless of secretor status^a

HMOS (ref. nos. in superscript)	Lactation (days)	No. of mothers/no. of samples	Mean concentration (g/L)	95%CL (g/L)
Term studies
3′-SL³¹^,³⁴^,³⁹^,⁴⁰^,⁴⁴^,⁴⁵^,⁴⁷^,⁷⁰^,⁷²^,⁷³^,⁷⁵	0–100	200/509	0.16	0.12–0.19
6′-SL^a ³⁴^,³⁹^,⁴⁰^,⁴⁴^,⁴⁵^,⁴⁷^,⁷⁰^,⁷²^,⁷³^,⁷⁵	0–100	179/400	0.35	0.29–0.42
LST a^a³¹^,³⁴^,³⁹^,⁷⁰^,⁷³	0–100	91/363	0.07	0.04–0.10
LST b³¹^,³⁹^,⁴⁰^,⁴⁷^,⁷⁰^,⁷³	0–100	83/285	0.06	0.05–0.07
LST c³¹^,³⁴^,³⁹^,⁴⁷^,⁷⁰^,⁷²^,⁷³	0–100	119/373	0.26	0.16–0.36
DS-LNT³¹^,³⁴^,³⁹^,⁴⁴^,⁴⁷^,⁷⁰^,⁷³	0–100	111/395	0.54	0.37–0.71
F-LST a⁴⁷	11–30	3/3	0.02	–
F-LST b⁷⁰	0–4	20/60	0.08	–
FS-LNH⁴⁷	0–30	8/8	0.12	−0.08 to 0.33
FS-LNnH I³⁴^,⁴⁷	0–100	26/98	0.29	0.14–0.44
FDS-LNH II⁴⁷	0–100	3/3	0.12	–
Sum of means			2.07
Preterm studies
3′-SL³³^,⁴⁶^,⁷⁵	0–30	114/350	0.24	0.20–0.28
6′-SL³³^,⁷⁵	0–30	73/268	0.60	0.40–0.80
LST a³³	0–30	63/252	0.34	0.17–0.51
LST b³³^,⁴⁶	0–30	104/334	0.14	0.10–0.17
LST c³³^,⁴⁶	0–30	104/334	0.65	0.19–1.12
DS-LNT³³^,⁴⁶	0–30	104/334	0.92	0.26–1.58
FS-LNnH I³³	0–30	63/252	0.51	0.26–0.75
Sum of means			3.40

Abbreviation: CL, confidence limit; ref. nos., reference numbers.

^aHMOS exhibiting significant differences between the means of the lactation periods (see Tables S2-E and S2-F in the Supporting Information online).