Table 1

Changes in milk ingested (mean, SD), total IgA concentration (median, interquartile range), and total IgA ingested/12 hours (median, interquartile range) for all 65 mother-infant pairs

Age (weeks)
8–916–1727–2839–4051–52
Milk ingested (g/12 hours)376 (98)358 (96)334 (96)343 (106)312 (94)
IgA concentration (g/l)0.625 (0.376–0.959)0.666 (0.399–1.125)0.680 (0.451–1.008)0.715 (0.359–1.063)0.746 (0.408–1.067)
IgA ingested (mg/12 hours)242 (172–392)279 (151–363)221 (157–333)258 (138–393)208 (151–336)