Table 2.
Nutritional factors.
| Infant Nutrition | All N = 142 |
Typical ND N = 118 |
NDD N = 24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breastfeeding at 6 months, n (%) | 106 (74) | 90 (76) | 16 (66) |
| Dairy ≥ once daily, n (%) | 28 (26) | 24 (27) | 4 (21) |
| Soy ≥ once weekly, n (%) | 12 (11) | 11 (12) | 1 (5) |
| Juice ≥ once weekly, n (%) | 34 (31) | 28 (31) | 6 (31) |
| Fruit ≥ once daily, n (%) | 85 (79) | 70 (79) | 14 (73) |
| Vegetables ≥ once daily, n (%) | 86 (80) | 73 (82) | 13 (68) |
| Meat/chicken ≥ once daily, n (%) | 42 (39) | 35 (39) | 7 (36) |
| Fish ≥ once weekly, n (%) | 51 (47) | 46 (52) | 5 (26) * |
| Eggs ≥ once weekly, average (range) | 89 (83) | 76 (88) | 13 (68) |
| Sweets ≥ once weekly, n (%) | 50 (46) | 41 (46) | 9 (47) |
* p < 0.05 on chi-square testing. Abbreviations: neurodevelopment (ND); neurodevelopmental delay (NDD). Items assessed as part of the Infant Feeding Practices—II survey were available for only 107 infants at 12 months of age (19 with NDD and 88 with typical ND).