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Table 1 Infants’ characteristics at inclusion, including gestational age, birth weight and length, and current age, weight, and length, given as the median with the interquartile range (Quartile 1 to Quartile 3)

From: Physicians advice, parental practice and adherence to doctor’s advice: an original survey on infant feeding

 

Age group (months)

1–2

3–4

5–6

8–9

11–12

Total

N = 600

Birth data

 Number

150

132

146

90

79

597

 Number (%) of Preterm infants

7 (4.7%)

17 (12.9%)

13 (8.9%)

6 (6.7%)

7 (8.9%)

50 (8.4%)

 Birth weight (kg)

3.31 [3.05–3.57]

3.28 [2.91–3.65]

3.27 [3.00–3.50]

3.27 [2.95–3.60]

3.30r [3.00–3.55]

3.29 [2.99–3.57]

 Birth length (cm)

49.70 [48.00–51.00]

50.00 [48.00–51.00]

50.00 [48.00–51.00]

49.00 [48.00–51.00]

49.50 [48.00–51.00]

50.00 [48.00–51.00]

Inclusion data

 Number

151

132

147

90

80

600

 Sex ratio M/F

1.40

1.28

1.10

0.91

1.22

1.19

 Age (weeks)

9.00 [4.00–9.00]

17.00 [14.00–18.00]

24.00 [23.00–26.00]

39.00 [37.00–40.00]

50.00 [48.00–52.00]

22.00 [12.50–37.00]

 Weight (kg)

4.90 [4.15–5.40]

6.51 [6.11–7.19]

7.60 [7.00–8.30]

8.76 [8.20–9.22]

9.70 [8.72–10.20]

7.20 [5.78–8.50]

 Length (cm)

56.00 [54.00–58.00]

63.00 [60.25–64.50]

66.00 [65.00–68.00]

71.25 [69.00–73.00]

75.00 [73.00–77.00]

65.00 [59.75–70.00]