Feeding Difficulties and Feeding Behaviors of Thai Children with Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy

Table 1

Baseline characteristics and anthropometric data of children in CMPA and healthy groups ().

	CMPA group ()	Healthy group ()	value
Age (months)^1	31.0 (14.0, 43.3)	40.0 (28.0, 53.8)	0.01
Gestational age (weeks)^2	38.0 (38.0, 39.0)	38.0 (38.0, 40.0)	0.93
Birth weight (grams)^1			0.41
Gender: boy, (%)^3	18 (60%)	53 (57.6%)	0.82
Duration of exclusive breastfeeding (months)^2	6.0 (3.0, 6.0)	6.0 (4.0, 6.0)	0.86
Age at started complementary food (months)^2	6.0 (6.0, 6.0)	6.0 (6.0, 6.0)	0.83
Main caregivers, (%)^3
Parents	24 (80%)	77 (83.7%)	0.64
Others	5 (20%)	15 (16.3%)
Main caregiver education, (%)^3
Elementary school or less	5 (16.7%)	7 (7.6%)	0.24
Middle school	2 (6.7%)	6 (6.5%)
High school	0 (0%)	10 (10.9%)
Bachelor or more	23 (76.6%)	69 (75%)
Family income (baht/month), (%)^3
<30,000	3 (10%)	10 (10.9%)	0.50
30,000–49,999	8 (26.7%)	31 (33.7%)
50,000–69,999	5 (16.7%)	22 (23.9%)
≥70,000	14 (46.7%)	29 (31.5%)
Weight for age -score^1			0.62
Height for age -score^1			0.11
BMI for age -score^1			0.46

¹Continuous variables with normal distribution are presented as , compared between two groups using an independent -test. ²Continuous variables with nonnormal distribution are presented as median (IQR), compared between two groups using the Mann–Whitney test. ³Categorical variables are presented as (%), compared between two groups using The chi-squared test. Abbreviation: CMPA, cow’s milk protein allergy; BMI, body mass index.