Research Article

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

Table 3

Dietary data of the children with CMPA and healthy group ()1.

CMPA groupHealthy group value

Total calories (kcal/kg/day)386.86 (71.90, 99.37)76.43 (59.52, 90.81)0.13
Protein (g/kg/day)33.31 (2.66, 3.84)3.11 (2.30, 3.65)0.34
Calcium (mg/day)3427.28 (196.02, 677.03)598.31 (420.96, 811.34)0.009
Phosphorus (mg/day)2<0.001
Ferrous (mg/day)36.65 (4.58, 9.52)4.63 (3.42, 6.68)0.007
Zinc (mg/day)32.95 (2.20, 4.50)3.76 (2.62, 5.45)0.02

1Four participants in each group did not complete the data. 2Continuous variables with normal distribution are presented as , compared between two groups using an independent -test. 3Continuous variables with nonnormal distribution are presented as median (IQR), compared between two groups using the Mann–Whitney test. Abbreviation: CMPA, cow’s milk protein allergy.