Review Article
Is the Macronutrient Intake of Formula-Fed Infants Greater Than Breast-Fed Infants in Early Infancy?
Table 3
Carbohydrate concentration in breast milk (g/100 mL).
| | Study | Colostrum 1–5 days
(g/100 mL) | Transition
6–14 days
(g/100 mL) | Mature
>14 days*
(g/100 mL) | | Population |
| | [19] | | | 6.4 ± 0.0 |
13
| USA | | [20] | 5.1 ± 0.2 | 5.9 ± 0.2 | 6.5 ± 0.2 |
10
| Canada | | [41] | 2.6 ± 0.0 | 4.1 ± 0.0 | |
9
| Australia | | [22] | 7.6 ± 0.3 | | 8.3 ± 0.2 | | Venezuela | | [42] | 6.4 ± 0.2 | | |
19
| USA | | [43] | 5.6 ± 0.1 | 6.3 ± 0.1 | 6.4 ± 0.1 |
46
| Italy | | [24] | | | 7.1 ± 0.2 |
13
| USA | | [25] | | | 6.3 ± 0.2 |
12
| USA | | [26] | 6.1 ± 0.1 | 6.8 ± 0.2 | 7.1 ± 0.2 | | USA | | [44] | | 5.5 ± 0.1 | 6.5 ± 0.1 | | Australia | | [45] | | 5.9 ± 0.2 | 7.0 ± 0.2 | | Sweden | | [30] | 5.1 ± 0.9 | | 6.4 ± 0.4 | | Peru | | [31] | | | 6.0 ± 0.1 |
18
| Australia | | [46] | | | 7.3 ± 0.2 |
7
| USA | | [32] | 5.2 ± 0.1 | 4.6 ± 0.1 | 5.0 ± 0.2 |
41
| India | | [47] | 5.8 ± 0.1 | 6.7 ± 0.1 | 6.9 ± 0.1 | | USA | | [34] | | 7.5 ± 0.1 | 7.7 ± 0.1 | | Finland | | [35] | | | 7.6 ± 0.2 |
41
| North China | | [36] | 5.8 ± 0.4 | 5.8 ± 0.2 | 6.4 ± 0.3 | | Netherlands | | [48] | 5.2 ± 0.1 | 6.2 ± 0.0 | | | France | | [38] | 6.0 ± 0.1 | 6.0 ± 0.1 | 5.9 ± 0.1 | | Japan | | Meta-analysis results | | | | | |
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Reported as Mean ± SEM.
*Mature milk > 14 days and <6 weeks.
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