Table 2.
Infant weight, breastfeeding status, energy intake from complementary foods and projected %energy from breast milk by age and site*
| Site | Characteristics | Age (months) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9–12 | 13–16 | 17–20 | 21–24 | ||||||||||
| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | ||||||
| BGD (N 234) | Weight (kg) | ||||||||||||
| Mean | 7·9 | 8·5 | 9·0 | 9·6 | |||||||||
| sd | 1·0 | 1·1 | 1·1 | 1·2 | |||||||||
| Breastfed (% days) | 99·2 | 99·2–99·2 | 99·2 | 99·2–99·2 | 99·2 | 99·2–99·2 | 99·2 | 99·1–99·2 | |||||
| Energy intake from CF (kcal) | 181 | 127–256 | 257 | 199–357 | 381 | 276–471 | 475 | 381–610 | |||||
| Energy intake from breast milk (% total intake) | 70 | 58–78 | 66 | 52–74 | 52 | 39–64 | 39 | 24–53 | |||||
| BRF (N 198) | Weight (kg) | ||||||||||||
| Mean | 10·0 | 10·9 | 11·7 | 12·3 | |||||||||
| sd | 1·6 | 1·8 | 1·8 | 1·9 | |||||||||
| Breastfed (% days) | 99·2 | 54·9–99·2 | 99·2 | 0·0–99·2 | 99·1 | 0·0–99·2 | 40·4 | 0·0–99·2 | |||||
| Energy intake from CF (kcal) | 822 | 629–1035 | 902 | 726–1092 | 1042 | 842–1226 | 1132 | 987–1255 | |||||
| Energy intake from breast milk (% total intake) | 9 | 0–24 | 6 | 0–23 | 3 | 0–14 | 0 | 0–10 | |||||
| INV (N 232) | Weight (kg) | ||||||||||||
| Mean | 7·5 | 8·2 | 8·9 | 9·5 | |||||||||
| sd | 0·8 | 0·9 | 0·9 | 1·0 | |||||||||
| Breastfed (% days) | 99·2 | 99·2–99·2 | 99·2 | 16·4–99·2 | 45·5 | 0·0–99·2 | 0·0 | 0·0–76·4 | |||||
| Energy intake from CF (kcal) | 461 | 331–613 | 629 | 472–835 | 818 | 664–1015 | 952 | 794–1149 | |||||
| Energy intake from breast milk (% total intake) | 25 | 6–43 | 18 | 0–37 | 1 | 0–17 | 0 | 0–1 | |||||
| PEL (N 251) | Weight (kg) | ||||||||||||
| Mean | 8·7 | 9·3 | 9·9 | 10·6 | |||||||||
| sd | 1·1 | 1·1 | 1·1 | 1·1 | |||||||||
| Breastfed (% days) | 99·2 | 99·2–99·2 | 99·2 | 87·3–99·2 | 61·1 | 0·0–99·2 | 0·0 | 0·0–51·6 | |||||
| Energy intake from CF (kcal) | 400 | 299–518 | 588 | 477–729 | 819 | 686–1026 | 982 | 808–1189 | |||||
| Energy intake from breast milk (% total intake) | 41 | 28–57 | 28 | 12–40 | 6 | 0–19 | 0 | 0–1 | |||||
| PKN (N 262) | Weight (kg) | ||||||||||||
| Mean | 7·7 | 8·3 | 8·9 | 9·6 | |||||||||
| sd | 1·0 | 1·1 | 1·2 | 1·1 | |||||||||
| Breastfed (% days) | 99·2 | 99·2–99·2 | 99·2 | 48·6–99·2 | 69·9 | 0·0–99·2 | 0·0 | 0·0–89·3 | |||||
| Energy intake from CF (kcal) | 350 | 240–532 | 506 | 365–699 | 704 | 500–919 | 847 | 669–1077 | |||||
| Energy intake from breast milk (% total intake) | 40 | 16–61 | 32 | 6–50 | 9 | 0–35 | 0 | 0–13 | |||||
| SAV (N 254) | Weight (kg) | ||||||||||||
| Mean | 8·6 | 9·4 | 10·2 | 10·9 | |||||||||
| sd | 1·2 | 1·2 | 1·2 | 1·2 | |||||||||
| Breastfed (% days) | 99·2 | 99·2–99·2 | 99·2 | 76·2–99·2 | 69·7 | 0·0–99·2 | 0·0 | 0·0–48·8 | |||||
| Energy intake from CF (kcal) | 562 | 408–765 | 752 | 569–941 | 940 | 753–1098 | 1108 | 917–1251 | |||||
| Energy intake from breast milk (% total intake) | 21 | 2–42 | 14 | 3–29 | 2 | 0–14 | 0 | 0–0 | |||||
| TZH (N 238) | Weight (kg) | ||||||||||||
| Mean | 8·2 | 8·8 | 9·4 | 10·0 | |||||||||
| sd | 1·0 | 1·0 | 1·1 | 1·1 | |||||||||
| Breastfed (% days) | 99·2 | 99·2–99·2 | 99·2 | 73·7–99·2 | 46·3 | 0·0–99·2 | 0·0 | 0·0–60·9 | |||||
| Energy intake from CF (kcal) | 761 | 623–956 | 911 | 752–1056 | 1036 | 877–1197 | 1174 | 1022–1334 | |||||
| Energy intake from breast milk (% total intake) | 4 | 0–14 | 4 | 0–11 | 0 | 0–6 | 0 | 0–0 | |||||
BGD, Dhaka, Bangladesh; BRF, Fortaleza, Brazil; CF, complementary foods; INV, Vellore, India; PEL, Loreto, Peru; PKN, Naushero Feroze, Pakistan; SAV, Venda, South Africa; TZH, Haydom, Tanzania.
*
To convert energy values from kilocalories to kilojoules, multiply it by 4·184.