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Abstract
The median fecal calprotectin level calculated on all 90 infants was 85μg/g of feces (inter quartile, 40- 420μg/g); high interindividual variations were observed, ranging between 25 and 2000μg/g. No significant differences were found between boys and girls (p= 0.394). Infants with breast fed (n=44) had greatly increased levels of fecal calprotectin compared to infants with formula fed (n = 30; p = 0.000) and also compared to malnourised infants (n=16; p = 0.001). There is no significant difference between formula fed infants and malnourished infants (p = 0.005). Breast fed infants had fecal calprotectin levels of 340 μg/g (range 27–2000 μg/g), formula fed infants had 40 μg/g (range 25- 70 μg/g) and malnourished FF patients had 51μg/g (range 35- 2000 μg/g).
The Study was conducted on 90 infants (47 (52.2%) females and 43 (47.8%) males), born ata median gestational age of 38.29 weeks (range 36–41 weeks) with a median birth weight of 3060 g (range 2000–4000 g). They were divided into 3 groups, group A: including exclusively breastfed infants (48.9%), group B: including formula fed infants (on standard formula) (33.3%), group C: including malnourished patients(on standard formula)(defined as a z-score below −2.0 SD) (17.8%).