RESULTS
The baseline characteristics of the groups were similar (Table 1).
Eight of the 263 children were omitted from the analysis because
of protocol violation at entry, so 255 children were included in
the final analyses (Figure 1). A total of 27 children (11%)
dropped out: 16 (13%) in the cranberry group and 11 (9%) in
the placebo group (Table 2). The most common reason was the