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Change in 10 year-old Mongolian children's hormone and growth factor concentrations before and after one month of drinking 710 ml of American UHT whole milk daily. |
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| Mongolia |
Mean |
50th percentile |
75th percentile |
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| Growth Hormone (ng/ml) |
Pre |
2.38 ± 3.27 |
1.23 |
2.60 |
| Post |
3.42 ± 4.07 |
2.14 |
5.28 |
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| p-value |
NA* |
0.23 |
0.005 |
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| IGF-I (ng/ml) |
Pre |
290.93 ± 93.98 |
270.70 |
346.95 |
| Post |
358.34 ± 125.62 |
333.56 |
449.29 |
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| p-value |
<0.0001 |
0.04 |
0.03 |
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| IGF-I/IGFBP-3 |
Pre |
0.064 ± 0.016 |
0.062 |
0.068 |
| Post |
0.073 ± 0.019 |
0.072 |
0.082 |
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| p-value |
<0.0001 |
0.009 |
0.007 |
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For means, p-values are from paired t-tests. For 50th and 75th percentiles, p-values are from unpaired quantile regression. * T-test comparing mean GH not appropriate, due to non-Normal GH distribution. | ||||
Rich-Edwards et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:28 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-28 |
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