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Table 7 Comparison of 4-month-old infant development according to infant feeding state

From: Promoting factors of physical and mental development in early infancy: a comparison of preterm delivery/low birth weight infants and term infants

Development item (KIDS)

Feeding method

p value

Suckling

p value

Breast milk (n = 183)a

Formula (n = 39)b

Combined (n = 62)c

Post hoc

Good (n = 261)

Irregular (n = 26)

Motor score

10.0 [4–13]

9.0 [5–13]

10.0 [2–12]

 

0.132

10.0 [4–13]

9.5 [2–13]

0.365

Motor skills

11.0 [6–14]

10.0 [6–13]

10.5 [5–14]

 

0.058

11.0 [3–14]

10.0 [7–14]

0.579

Language comprehension

7.0 [2–8]

6.0 [2–8]

6.0 [1–8]

a and b**, a and c*

0.005

7.0 [2–8]

6.5 [1–8]

0.381

Verbalization

6.0 [3–8]

6.0 [3–8]

6.5 [2–8]

 

0.264

6.0 [3–8]

6.0 [2–8]

0.164

Sociability with adults

13.0 [6–19]

12.0 [7–18]

13.0 [6–19]

 

0.265

13.0 [6–19]

12.5 [8–17]

0.165

Diet

4.0 [0–7]

4.0 [1–7]

4.0 [2–7]

 

0.639

4.0 [0–7]

4.0 [1–7]

0.675

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01
  2. Data are presented as the median with the range in square brackets
  3. Feeding method
  4. aBreast milk
  5. bFormula milk
  6. cCombined breast milk and formula milk