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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 24.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Aug 29;14(2):e12503. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12503

Table 4.

Median concentrations and interquartile ranges (IQR) of the pooled samples (all TP and FTP) of iron, copper, and zinc in breast milk of HIV-infected Malawian mothers in the BAN Study based on inflammation status1

Mineral No inflammation Inflammation
n 835 239
Iron
Median, mg/L 0.224 0.325
IQR, mg/L 0.140–0.342 0.212–0.456
p-valuea < 0.001
Copper
Median, mg/L 0.196 0.291
IQR, mg/L 0.129–0.319 0.192–0.375
p-value < 0.001
Zinc
Median, mg/L 1.75 2.90
IQR, mg/L 0.988–2.93 1.69–3.74
p-value < 0.001
1

Inflammation defined as AGP > 1g/L and CRP > 5mg/L.

a

P-values obtained from general linear models.