Table 1. Characteristics of participants.

		BF group			N-BF group
		Mean	SD	p (repeated-measurement comparison)	Mean	SD	p (repeated-measurement comparison)	p (group comparison)
Birth length (cm)		49.13	1.68		47.27	11.87
Birth weight (g)		3154.00	499.63		3463.33	499.77
1st data collection	Age (years)	1.21	0.12		1.21	0.41
	Body height (cm)	76.20	2.65	0.001*	79.20	4.26	0.001*	0.021*
	Body mass (kg)	9.53	1.28	0.001*	10.45	1.45	0.001*	0.026*
2nd data collection	Age (years)	1.87	0.28		1.76	0.33
	Body height (cm)	84.13	3.25		85.87	3.72		0.148
	Body mass (kg)	11.37	1.08		12.37	1.64		0.074

*highlights statistical significance.