TABLE 2.

Growth Rate in z Scores and Iron Status Indices in the 2 Intervention Groups, CF and EBF, ^a Categorized According to Infant Diet During the Study Period

Variables	CF (n = 50)	EBF (n = 50)	P value
Wt gain from 0–4 mo b	−0.54 (1.01)	−0.42 (1.04)	.51
Length gain from 0–4 mo b	−0.41 (0.85)	−0.26 (1.14)	.40
Gain in HC from 0 to 4 mo b	−0.47 (0.84) c	−0.52 (1.03)	.80
Wt gain from 4 to 6 mo	−0.02 (0.31)	−0.01 (0.42)	.90
Length gain from 4 to 6 mo	0.03 (0.50)	0.04 (0.51)	.96
Gain in HC from 4-6 mo	0.06 (0.40)	0.06 (0.48)	.99
Wt gain from 0 to 6 mo	−0.55 (1.12)	−0.46 (1.17)	.71
Length gain from 0 to 6 mo	−0.41 (0.95)	−0.37 (1.18)	.85
Gain in HC from 0 to 6 mo	−0.36 (0.87) c	−0.41 (1.01)	.80
Hb (g/L) d	113.9 (6.1)	113.7 (7.3) e	.91
MCV (fl) d	74.4 (3.3)	73.4 (2.6) e	.11
SF (µg/L) d	70.0 (73.3) f	44.0 (53.8) f	.02
TIBC (µmol/L) d	59.2 (9.2)	60.8 (10.1)	.43
RDW d	13.0 (0.7)	13.2 (0.7) e	.13

Data are mean (SD) unless otherwise indicated. HC, head circumference.

^aOne mother-infant pair was incorrectly instructed to follow directions for the EBF group and was therefore analyzed in that group.

^bCF n = 60; EBF n = 59.

^cOne missing value.

^dHb, MCV, and RDW n = 98; SF n = 94; TIBC n = 95.

^eMean (SD) calculated with values from a blood sample taken 2 weeks later than 6 mo from 1 infant because some indices were inadvertently not examined on the first sample and were therefore examined on the second sample.

^fData are median (interquartile range).