Correction to: Effects of early feeding on growth velocity and overweight/obesity in a cohort of HIV unexposed South African infants and children

Correction

After publication of this article [1] it was brought to our attention that there were errors in the text under the heading ‘Data cleaning’, and in Table 3. The corrected text and updated Table 3 are given in this erratum.

Table 3.

Period-1 (the 3/6 week–12 week) and period-2 (12–24 weeks) mean weight velocity (WVZ) and length velocity (LVZ) by infant feeding^a

3 week feeding
Period 1: 3/6–12 weeks	Never breastfed		Breastfedc
	n	mean ± SD	n	mean ± SD	P-valueb
WVZP1 (N = 522)	60	1.58 ± 1.72	462	0.99 ± 1.60	<0.01
LVZP1 (N = 402)	46	1.69 ± 2.62	356	1.37 ± 2.44	0.41
12 week feeding
Period 2: 12–24 weeks	Never breastfed		Breastfedc
	n	mean ± SD	n	mean ± SD	P-valueb
WVZP2 (N = 494)	98	1.07 ± 1.75	394	0.64 ± 1.57	0.02
LVZP2 (N = 477)	93	0.82 ± 2.62	382	0.85 ± 2.52	0.93

^aValues are mean ± SD of velocity Z-scores based on WHO standard. LVZ length velocity Z-score, P1 Period, P2 Period-2, WVZ weight velocity Z-score

^bStudent test P values for group comparisons a 5% significance level

^cChildren received breast milk in addition to other solids and liquids

“Anthropometric measurement values and Z-scores were flagged for verification if any of the following criteria were met: WAZ < −6 or >5, WLZ < −5 or >5, LAZ < −6 or >6, WLZ > 3 and LAZ < −3; 2) extreme changes in LAZ and WLZ (greater than 2.5 or 3) between consecutive visits; 3) BMI-for-age Z-score ≥ 6. All the flagged anthropometric observations were assessed and values treated as missing if no plausible explanation was determined.”