TABLE 2.
Early diet characteristics of the BLISS study participants who agreed to provide a fecal samplea
| Variable | Value for group |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control (n = 37) | BLISS (n = 37) | ||
| No. (%) of participants who had consumed infant formula by 7 mo | 20 (54) | 18 (50) | 0.729b |
| Median age at introduction (wk) (25th, 75th percentiles) | |||
| Infant formula | 4.0 (0.6, 26) | 4.5 (0.4, 28.2) | 0.454c |
| Any solids | 22.8 (21.7, 24.9) | 26.0 (23.8, 26) | 0.002c |
| Infant cereal | 23.8 (22.1, 25.5) | 26.0 (23.8, 26.4) | 0.032c |
a
n = 45 participants who provided data for age of introduction of infant formula, and n = 62 participants who provided data for age of introduction of all solids and infant cereal.
b
Determined by a chi-square test.
c
Determined by a log rank test.