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. 2021 Jul 29;39(Suppl 1):8. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2021.39.1.25445

Table 1.

demographic characteristics of children with intussusception at the Korle Bu (KBTH) and Komfo Anokye (KATH) Teaching Hospitals in Ghana, 2012-2016

n/N (%)
Enrollment Site
KATH 155/378 (41%)
KBTH 223/378 (59%)
Male 200/378 (53%)
Median age (in weeks) at intussusception onset (IQR) 27 (22-34)
Age (in weeks) at intussusception onset
0-11 weeks 12/378 (1%)
12-23 weeks 112/378 (30%)
24-35 weeks 168/378 (49%)
36+ weeks 75/378 (20%)
Ever Breastfed 322/324 (99%)
Median age (in months) for initiation of milk (other than breastmilk)†(IQR) 4 (3-6)
Median age (in months) for initiation of solid food‡(IQR) 6 (4-6)
Median birthweight in (kilograms)* (IQR) 3.2 (2.9-3.5)

Among 150 children who had initiated milk other than breastmilk; 14 (4%) children had not initiated other milk; information missing for 214 (57%) of infants ‡Among 114 children who had initiated solid foods; 45 (12%) children had not initiated solid foods; information missing for 219 (58%) of infants *Among 265 infants with non-missing birthweight