Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of 55 children in relation to exclusive breastfeeding and formula feeding.
| Characteristics | Breastfeeding (n = 33) |
Formula Feeding (n = 22) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family | |||
| Maternal atopy | 16 (48.5%) | 9 (40.9%) | 0.580 |
| Paternal atopy | 18 (54.5%) | 10 (45.5%) | 0.509 |
| Parental smoking | 11 (33.3%) | 12 (54.5%) | 0.118 |
| Household income | |||
| Low, <500,000 NTD | 13 (39.4%) | 12 (54.5%) | 0.517 |
| Medium, 500,000–1,000,000 NTD | 15 (45.5%) | 8 (36.4%) | |
| High, >1,000,000 NTD | 5 (15.2%) | 2 (9.1%) | |
| Infant | |||
| Sex, male (%) | 19 (57.6%) | 15 (68.2%) | 0.428 |
| Maternal age (yr) | 31.2 ± 4.3 | 30.3 ± 4.9 | 0.442 |
| Gestational age (wk) | 38.5 ± 1.6 | 38.2 ± 1.8 | 0.578 |
| Birth BMI (kg/m2) | 12.1 ± 1.1 | 13.6 ± 4.3 | 0.123 |
| Milk sensitization | |||
| 6 mo | 4 (15.4%) | 3 (23.1%) | 0.666 |
| 1 yr | 7 (26.9%) | 11 (57.9%) | 0.036 |
| 2 yr | 11 (33.3%) | 13 (59.1%) | 0.106 |
Data shown are mean ± s.d. or number (%) of patients as appropriate. NTD, new Taiwan dollar; yr, year; wk, week; BMI, body mass index; mo, month. All p values < 0.05, which is in bold, are significant.