Nutritional status, exclusive breastfeeding and management of acute respiratory illness and diarrhea in the first 6 months of life in infants from two regions of Indonesia

Table 2 Infants’ growth and nutritional status

Characteristic	At birth n = 233	8–10 weeks n = 228^a	22–24 weeks n = 223^b
Weight (grams), mean (SD)	3098 (320)	5120 (703)	7100 (916)
Length (cms), median (IQR)	48 (47–49)	57 (56–58)	65 (63–67)
Weight for age^c N (%)
Normal	232 (99)	211(93)	209 (94)
Under nutrition	0 (0)	17(7)	14 (6)
Underweight (MAM)	0 (0)	12 (5)	13 (6)
Severely underweight (SAM)	0 (0)	5 (2)	1 (1)
Length for age^d, N (%)
Normal	215 (94)	211 (93)	195 (87)
Under nutrition	15 (7)	17 (8)	28 (12)
Stunted (MAM)	11 (5)	11(5)	21 (9)
Severely stunted (SAM)	4 (2)	6 (3)	7 (3)
Weight for length^e, N (%)
Normal	169 (75)	162 (71)	170 (76)
Possible risk of overweight	44(20)	41 (18)	37 (16)
Over nutrition	12 (5)	11 (5)	10(4)
Overweight	12 (5)	8 (4)	7 (3)
Obese	0 (0)	3 (1)	3 (1)
Under nutrition	1 (1)	14 (6)	8 (4)
Wasted (MAM)	0 (0)	11 (5)	6 (3)
Severely wasted (SAM)	1 (1)	3 (1)	2 (1)
Supplementation from birth, N (%)
No supplementation	na	221 (97)	222 (99)
Supplemented		7 (3)	3 (1)
Yes, iron	na	1 (0)	0 (0)
Yes, multivitamin	na	2 (1)	3 (1)
Yes, not specified	na	4 (2)	0 (0)

Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) defined when WHO anthropometric measurement is 2 standard deviations (SD) below the mean of normal range and Severe Acure Malnutrition (SAM) defined when WHO anthropometric measurement 3 SDs below the mean of normal range
^amissing for 5 participants
^bmissing for 10 participants, na = not applicable as this question was not asked in the first interview
^{c, d, e}Missing values anthropometric measurement at birth (weight for age = 1, length for age = 3, weight for length = 7), at 6 month (weight for length = 3)

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