Study details, including recruitment, location, design milk feeding practices, and population size
| Study | Recruitment dates | Location | Randomised intervention | Breast fed group | Number of infants | Weaning data collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Unpublished data. | ||||||
| AGA, Appropriate size for gestational age; SGA, small for gestational age; FF, formula fed; BF, breast fed; LCPUFA, long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid; PTF, preterm infant formula; TF, term formula; BF, exclusively breast fed (see text); PDF, post-discharge formula. | ||||||
| Term AGA (N)15 | 11/93–06/95 | Nottingham | TF ± LCPUFA | + | FF n=224 | Prospectively at 6, 12, and 26 week follow up |
| Leicester | at least 6 weeks BF | BF n=96 | - solids introduced yet? | |||
| - age at introduction | ||||||
| Term AGA (I)16 | 10/93–05/95 | Nottingham | Iron-suppl follow-on | + | FF n=199 | Retrospectively at recruitment (9 months) |
| Leicester | formula versus cows’ milk | at least 6 weeks BF | BF n=288 | - age at introduction of solids | ||
| Norwich | ||||||
| Term AGA (B)17 | 05/95–08/96 | Cambridge | TF ± sn-2 palmitate | + | FF n=203 | Prospectively at 6 weeks |
| at least 6 weeks BF | BF n=120 | - solids introduced yet? | ||||
| Term SGA (A)3 | 09/93–01/96 | Cambridge | TF v PDF | + | FF n=242 | Prospectively at 6, 12, 26 weeks |
| Nottingham | at least 6 weeks BF | BF n=153 | - solids introduced yet? | |||
| Leicester | ||||||
| Term SGA (B)18 | 07/90–10/91 | Cambridge | TF ± carnitine | + | FF n=26 | Prospectively at 6, 12, 26 weeks |
| BF n=26 | - solids introduced yet? | |||||
| Preterm (A)4 | 08/93–10/96 | Cambridge | TF v PDF | + | FF n=206 | Prospectively at 6, 12, 26 weeks post term |
| Nottingham | at least 6 weeks | BF n=58 | - solids introduced yet? | |||
| Leicester | ||||||
| Preterm (B)* | 04/95–07/97 | Glasgow | PTF then PDF ± LCPUFA | – | n=228 | Prospectively at 6, 12, 26 weeks post term |
| - solids introduced yet? | ||||||
| - age at introduction | ||||||