Table 3 Comparison of birth characteristics and feeding characteristics among cases and controls
From: Early life predictors of preschool overweight and obesity: a case–control study in Sri Lanka
Factors | Cases | Controls | P valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Birth length (cm) | 50.1 | 4.3 | 50.1 | 4.0 | 0.162 |
Birth weight (kg) | 3.1 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.065 |
Weight at (g) | |||||
6 months | 7740 | 658.7 | 7335 | 733 | 0.001 |
9 months | 9045 | 882 | 8394.4 | 843.6 | <0.0001 |
12 months | 10100 | 931.5 | 9013 | 860 | <0.0001 |
24 month | 13500 | 1545 | 11000 | 1150 | <0.0001 |
Weight gain upto (g) | |||||
1 year old | 6882 | 985.3 | 5761.4 | 843.2 | <0.0001 |
2 years old | 10300 | 1474 | 7804 | 1067 | <0.0001 |
Feeding characteristics | |||||
Duration of breastfeeding | 19.4 | 13.6 | 24.6 | 16.2 | 0.041 |
EBF duration | 3.8 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 0.003 |
Formula initiation | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 0.904 |
Complementary food introduction | 5.8 | 0.9 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.026 |