Infant characteristics
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Age (months) | 14.6 (9.4, 23.3) | 14.2 (8.9, 20.8) | 12.8 (9.2, 22.8) |
Birth weight (kg)* | 3.4 (1.8, 4.3) | 3.4 (2.3, 4.3) | 3.2 (1.8, 4.5) |
Gestation in weeks† | 40 (35, 42) | 40 (34, 42) | 40 (34, 42) |
Male gender | 53 (63) | 42 (57) | 41 (54) |
Ethnicity | | | |
European/other | 32 (38) | 16 (21) | 15 (20) |
Maori | 13 (16) | 19 (26) | 16 (21) |
Pacific | 39 (46) | 39 (53) | 45 (59) |
Diagnosis | | | |
Pneumonia | 22 (26) | 20 (27) | 31 (41) |
Bronchiolitis | 11 (13) | 13 (18) | 11 (14) |
Acute febrile illness | 9 (11) | 13 (18) | 6 (8) |
Surgical/orthopaedic | 13 (15) | 8 (10) | 8 (10) |
Gastroenteritis | 6 (7) | 3 (4) | 6 (8) |
Asthma | 4 (5) | 3 (4) | 3 (4) |
Upper respiratory infection | 3 (4) | 3 (4) | 2 (3) |
Other | 16 (19) | 11 (15) | 9 (12) |
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Infant feeding practices
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Breast fed at birth‡ | 67 (80) | 67 (92) | 64 (84) |
Breast fed at enrolment§ | 27 (32) | 19 (26) | 20 (27) |
Has tea to drink | 9 (11) | 22 (30) | 17 (22) |
Age started cows’ milk¶ | 7 (0, 18) | 7 (0, 14) | 9 (0, 17) |
Age started solids** | 5 (3, 9) | 5 (3, 9) | 5 (3, 10) |
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Maternal and household characteristics
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Maternal age (years)†† | 31 (20, 39) | 28 (20, 38) | 29 (19, 38) |
Mother restricted meat intake‡‡ | 15 (18) | 12 (16) | 20 (27) |
Annual household income ⩽$30,000§§ | 39 (54) | 36 (61) | 47 (76) |
Proportion of weekly income spent on food¶¶ | 0.23 (0.11, 0.63) | 0.23 (0.10, 0.83) | 0.28 (0.07, 0.88) |
Number of people in household <16 years of age*** | 2 (1, 5) | 3 (1, 6) | 2 (1, 5) |