Table 4.

Changes in weight status with time in children with and without weight faltering occurring before 4 months of age

Weight faltering status at 4 months	Changes in weight status from 6 to 18 months
	Weight-for-age SDS status	6 months	9 months	12 months	18 months
Weight faltering before 4 months (n = 128)	Weight faltereda	109 (85.2%)	102 (79.8%)	98 (76.6%)	47 (79.7%)
	No weight faltering	18 (14%)	23 (17.9%)	26 (20.3%)	8 (13.6%)
	Accelerated weight gainb	1 (0.8%)	3 (2.3%)	4 (3.1%)	4 (6.7%)
No weight faltering before 4 months (n = 126)	Weight faltereda	8 (6.4%)	21 (16.7%)	24 (19%)	16 (26.7%)
	No weight faltering	70 (55.5%)	50 (39.6%)	50 (39.7%)	24 (40%)
	Accelerated weight gainb	48 (38.1%)	55 (43.7%)	52 (41.3%)	20 (33.3%)

^a A drop of > 0.25 in weight-for-age SDS from birth weight SDS

^b A rise of ≥ 0.67 in weight-for-age SDS from birth weight SDS