Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the infants.

From: Body composition assessment in 6-month-old infants: A comparison of two- and three-compartment models using data from the Baby-bod study

Characteristic

Mean (SD)/ n (%)

Gestational age (weeks)

39.70 (1.10)

Age (months)

5.82 (0.30)

Body weight (kg)

7.25 (0.70)

Length (cm)

65.33 (2.21)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

16.93 (1.15)

Head circumference (cm)

42.79 (1.28)

Sex*

 Girls

32 (47%)

 Boys

36 (53%)

Ethnicity*

 Caucasian

63 (93%)

 Other

5 (7%)

Infant feeding at 6 months*‡

 Exclusively breastmilk

10 (15%)

 >75% of the diet is breastmilk

29 (43%)

 >50% of the diet is breastmilk

40 (59%)

 No breastmilk

22 (32%)

  1. N = 68; SD standard deviation; values for variables marked with * are number of infants (percentage); Infant feeding at six months was assessed using a 24-hour feed recall of the day prior to the assessment; the relative amount of breastmilk included in an infant’s diet was calculated using the following formula [relative amount of breastmilk (%) = (number of breastmilk feeds / total number of feedings per day)×100], and categorised into four groups: “100% of the diet is breastmilk” (exclusively breastmilk), “>75% of the diet is breastmilk”, “>50% of the diet is breastmilk” and “no breastmilk”; ‡Percentages do not sum up to 100%.
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