Descriptive parameters

Amount of micronutrients in breast milk at 3 month postpartum, (µg/L of breast milk#)

Se

Cu

Zn

Geometric mean

173.52

2.05

11.51

SD

87.56

15.46

7.27

95% CL (low)

153.29

0.00

9.83

95% CL (high)

193.74

5.62

13.19

Median

171.65

2.12

11.91

Minimum

109.28

0.41

3.20

Maximum

295.88

131.96

26.08

WHO study of micronutrients in human breast milk; median (min ? max) (µg/L)

21.7 (16.4 - 38.2)^

258 (208 - 381)^

1.23 (0.81 - 2.77) mg/L^

20.5 (10.4 - 37.1)*

202 (57 - 638)*

2.16 (0.88 - 3.87) mg/L*