Table 2.
Nutritional status of 0–12 months old infants among different time points 1 (According to longitudinal community-based retrospective birth cohort study conducted in Changsha in 2013–2014).
| Nutritional Status | Month Old | χ2 | Trend | p-Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| Malnutrition | 82 (15.8) | 53 (10.2) | 27 (5.2) | 23 (4.4) | 22 (4.2) | 27 (5.2) | 54.79 | Decreasing | <0.001 |
| Normal weight | 317 (61.0) | 295 (56.8) | 265 (51) | 268 (51.6) | 252 (48.6) | 280 (53.9) | 10.71 | Decreasing | <0.001 |
| Overweight | 72 (13.9) | 97 (18.7) | 102 (19.7) | 136 (26.2) | 147 (28.3) | 141 (27.2) | 44.41 | Increasing | <0.001 |
| Obesity | 48 (9.2) | 74 (14.3) | 125 (24.0) | 92 (17.8) | 98 (18.9) | 71 (13.7) | 4.78 | Increasing | 0.029 |
1 Data are presented as number (percentages).