Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population

Parameters	Values
Age (months)*	9.08±0.1
Birth weight (g)*	2839±229
Sex (male), n (%)**	53 (55.2)
Weight at 9 months (g)*	8524±967
Overall duration of breast feeding (months)*	6.81±2.5
Exclusive breast feeding, n (%)**	50 (64.93)
Age of weaning (months)*	5.97±1.1

*Data are expressed as mean±SD, **Data are expressed as n=n (%). SD: Standard deviation