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Table 3 Factors associated with rapid weight gain* in infancy N = 612

From: Determinants of rapid weight gain during infancy: baseline results from the NOURISH randomised controlled trial

Factors

OR (95% CI)

P value

AOR (95% CI)

P value

Lower birth weight vs higher birth weight

7.1 (3.60-13.7)

< 0.001

5.03 (2.82-8.99)

< 0.001

Male gender vs female

1.67 (1.04-2.67)

0.035

1.80 (1.10-2.97)

0.021

Feeding to schedule vs feeding on demand/mixed

2.52 (1.35-4.71)

0.005

2.29 (1.14-4.61)

0.020

Formula feeding only vs breastfed/combination

2.00 (1.24-3.23)

0.007

1.72 (1.01-2.94)

0.047

Early solid foods (<4mo) vs solids introduced >4mo

1.67 (0.71-4.00)

0.30

1.42 (0.54-3.71)

0.476

No smoking in pregnancy vs smoking

1.28 (0.59-2.79)

0.713

1.91(0.80-4.61)

0.148

Mother non tertiary educated vs tertiary

1.41 (0.88-2.23)

0.152

1.27 (0.75-2.15)

0.382

  1. Model adjusted for age of child, mothers BMI and mothers age (continuous variables), AOR=Adjusted odds ratio
  2. * change in weight-for-age Z-score from birth to assessment >0.67