Table 1.
Demographic data of the study population.
| Characteristic | Age 1 y (n = 227) |
Age 2 y (n = 241) |
Age 3 y (n = 259) |
Age 5 y (n = 234) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 147 (64.8) | 145 (60.1) | 158 (61.0) | 149 (63.7) |
| BF > 12 mo | 44 (19.3) | 34 (14.1) | 34 (13.1) | 45 (19.2) |
| Body weight (Kg) | 9.7 ± 1 | 12.8 ± 2 | 14.9 ± 2 | 19.4 ± 3 |
| Body height (cm) | 76 ± 3 | 90 ± 4 | 97 ± 5 | 111 ± 5 |
| Failure to thrive n (%) | 2 (1.6) | 4 (1.7) | 5 (1.9) | 6 (2.6) |
| Stunted growth n (%) | 6 (2.6) | 6 (2.5) | 11 (4.2) | 3 (1.3) |
| Infectious diseases | ||||
| Pneumonia n (%) | 7 (3.1) | 17 (7.1) | 28 (10.8) | 37 (15.9) |
| Croup n (%) | 4 (1.8) | 7 (2.9) | 14 (5.4) | 17 (7.2) |
| AOM n (%) | 6 (2.6) | 16 (6.6) | 26 (10.0) | 52 (22.2) |
| Enterocolitis n (%) | 13 (5.7) | 25 (10.4) | 39 (15.1) | 53 (22.6) |
| UTI n (%) | 16 (7.0) | 24 (9.6) | 29 (11.2) | 33 (14.1) |
1 BF > 12 mo: breastfeeding duration for more than 12 months. 2 Failure to thrive: defined as weight-for-age falling below the 5th percentile of the WHO growth chart [13]. 3 Stunted growth: defined as height-for-age falling below the 5th percentile of the WHO growth chart [13]. Abbreviations: BF, breastfeeding; AOM, acute otitis media; UTI, urinary tract infection.