Table 5.  Blood pressure (mm Hg) at age 6 years in children who as infants had been randomised to be fed with formula supplemented with long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids or with formula without supplementation


Blood pressure
Supplemented formula (n=65)
Formula without supplementation (n=71)
Mean difference (95% CI)
P value
Mean 74.8 77.8 -3.0 (-5.4 to -0.5) 0.02
Diastolic 57.3 60.9 -3.6 (-6.5 to -0.6) 0.018
Systolic 92.4 94.7 -2.3 (-5.3 to 0.7) 0.132