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<strong>Seafood</strong> Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks<br />

http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11762.html<br />

APPENDIX B<br />

Amount Results Conclusion*<br />

Preterm formula 1 =<br />

Control formula<br />

(no AA or DHA)<br />

Preterm formula 2<br />

= DHA formula<br />

(0.34% fatty acids<br />

as DHA)<br />

Preterm formula 3 =<br />

DHA+AA formula<br />

(0.33% fatty acids<br />

as DHA, 0.60%<br />

fatty acids as AA)<br />

Term formula = no<br />

AA or DHA<br />

Breast-fed term<br />

infants = no solid<br />

foods during the<br />

study unless otherwise<br />

instructed by<br />

their physicians<br />

At 57 weeks, visual acuity of the breast-fed term<br />

infants was significantly higher than in the premature<br />

infants, but not at 48 weeks; at 48 or 57 weeks,<br />

visual acuity was not significantly different among<br />

the premature infant groups.<br />

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