Table 2.
Anthropometric measurements of infants (n = 111) of the study cohort from birth to 12 months of follow-up, expressed as median values and 1st and 3rd quartiles.
| Birth | 7 days | 1 month | 2 months | 4 months | 6 months | 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight (kg) | 3.32 (3.02, 3.59) | 3.30 (3, 3.6) | 4.1 (3.8, 4.5) | 5.12 (4.75, 5.55) | 6.52 (6.03, 7) | 7.45 (6.97, 8) | 9.4 (8.68, 10.1) |
| WFA z-score | 0.04 (−0.5, 0.68) | −0.33 (−0.83, 0.29) | −0.36 (−0.89, 0.22) | −0.24 (−0.85, 0.23) | −0.26 (−0.69, 0.23) | −0.23 (−0.69, 0.3) | 0.13 (−0.5, 0.59) |
| Length (cm) | 50 (48.5, 51) | 51 (49.4, 52) | 54 (52.5, 56) | 57.5 (56, 59) | 62.5 (61, 64.5) | 66.5 (65, 68.3) | 75 (72.5, 77) |
| LFA z-score | 0.06 (−0.47, 0.99) | 0.04 (−0.76, 0.67) | 0.14 (−0.86, 0.91) | −0.03 (−0.96, 0.71) | −0.19 (−0.73, 0.65) | 0.16 (−0.72, 0.68) | 0.0 (−0.78, 0.77) |
| BMI (cm/m2) | 13.19 (12.6, 14.2) | 12.8 (12, 13.65) | 13.9 (13.3, 15.1) | 15.62 (14.7, 16.3) | 16.52 (15.8, 17.4) | 16.8 (16.1, 17.7) | 16.9 (16, 17.9) |
| BMI z-score | −0.15 (−0.65, 0.6) | −0.34 (−1.06, 0.22) | −0.52 (−1.06, 0.21) | −0.33 (−0.78, 0.21) | −0.20 (−0.82, 0.19) | −0.22 (−0.69, 0.4) | 0.22 (−0.45, 0.91) |
| ΔWFA z-score | – | −0.11 (−0.57, 0.46) | −0.41 (−0.7, −0.01) | −0.4 (−0.71, 0) | −0.27 (−0.81, 0.13) | −0.27 (−0.83, 0.28) | −0.26 (−0.77, 0.21) |
| ΔLFA z-score | – | −0.42 (−0.7, 0.06) | −0.34 (−0.86, 0.24) | −0.25 (−0.81, 0.29) | −0.31 (−1.02, 0.39) | −0.26 (−0.81, 0.35) | −0.16 (−0.85, 0.37) |
| ΔBMI z-score | – | −0.22 (−0.73, 0.11) | −0.34 (−0.87, 0.31) | −0.38 (−0.92, 0.31) | −0.23 (−1.01, 0.38) | −0.15 (−0.91, 0.55) | −0.1 (−0.94, 0.66) |