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Table 3 Growth velocity from birth to 22–24 weeks

From: 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

  Birth 8–10 weeks 22–24 weeks N (%)
Weight for age Normal Normal Normal 194 (91)
Normal < − 2 SD Normal 11 (5)
Normal Normal < − 2 SD 9 (4)
Normal < − 2 SD < − 2 SD 5 (2)
Total 219
Length for age Normal Normal Normal 165 (78)
Normal < − 2 SD Normal 7 (3)
Normal Normal < − 2 SD 15 (7)
Normal < − 2 SD < − 2 SD 10 (5)
< − 2 SD Normal Normal 11 (5)
< − 2 SD < − 2 SD Normal 1(1)
< − 2 SD Normal < − 2 SD 3 (1)
< − 2 SD < − 2 SD < − 2 SD 0 (0)
Total 212
Weight for length Normal Normal Normal 171 (91)
Normal < − 2 SD Normal 10 (5)
Normal Normal < − 2 SD 5 (3)
Normal < − 2 SD < − 2 SD 0 (0)
< − 2 SD Normal Normal 1 (1)
< − 2 SD < − 2 SD Normal 0 (0)
< − 2 SD Normal < − 2 SD 0 (0)
< − 2 SD < − 2 SD < − 2 SD 0 (0)
Total 187
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