Table 2.

Comparing blood count and serum micronutrient concentration between infants of the different feeding groups at 1 year of age.

Blood indices	MF	eBF	P
WBC (1000/uL)	9.5 ± 2.6	9.0 ± 2.3	0.12
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	12 ± 2.2	11 ± 3.8	<0.001
Hematocrit (%)	36 ± 2.3	34 ± 3.8	<0.001
Ferritin (ng/mL)	46 ± 38	18 ± 11	<0.001
Zinc (ng/mL)	80 ± 13	80 ± 10	0.78
25(OH)D (ng/mL)	40 ± 11	29 ± 12	<0.001

WBC: white blood count.

Analysis by student t test.