Comparison of growth and nutritional status in infants receiving goat milkbased formula and cow
milk-based formula: a randomized, double-blind study
Sammanfattning
Objective: To compare the growth and nutritional status of infants fed goat milk-based formula
(GMF) and cow milk-based formula (CMF).
Methods: The study was conducted in Beijing, China. It was a double-blind randomized controlled
trial. A total of 79 infants aged 0-3 months old were recruited and randomized in GMF or CMF group.
The infants were fed the allocated formula to 6 months. The weight, length, and head circumference
were measured at the enrolment, 3 and 6 months. The start time and types of solid food were
recorded. Blood elements, urinal, and fecal parameters were also tested.
Results: The average weight of infants in the GMF group (mean±SD) was 4.67±0.99 kg and in the CMF
group 4.73±1.10 kg at enrolment, and 8.75±0.98 kg (GMF) and 8.92±0.88 kg (CMF) at 6 months. There
were no differences in the adjusted intention-to-treat analyses of weight, length, head circumference,
and BMI z-scores between the two formula-fed groups over the 6-month study. Similarly, there were
no remarkable differences in the timing and types of solid food, blood elements, urinal, and feces
parameters, between the GMF and CMF group. No group differences have been shown in bowel
motion consistency, duration of crying, ease of settling, or frequency of adverse events.
Conclusions: GMF-provided growth and nutritional outcomes did not differ from those provided by
CMF.