title: Comparison of growth and nutritional status in infants receiving goat milk-based formula and cow milk-based formula: a randomized, double-blind study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.|Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Meihong
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.|Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yibin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Ausnutria Hyproca Dairy Group BV, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: Ausnutria Hyproca Dairy Group BV, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Yanchun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.|Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.|Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Peking University, Beijing, China; bmuwjbxy@bjmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Junbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: formula; goat milk; growth; infant; nutritional status