Table 2

Baseline infant nutritional, biochemical and anthropometric factors

Infant factors	Values
Demographic factors
Male sex*	557/1045 (53.3)
Neonatal outcomes
Birth weight (g)†	3155 (393.7)
Birth length (cm)†	49.2 (2.9)
Birth head circumference (cm)†	32.7 (2.1)
Gestational age at delivery (weeks)†	39.1 (2.0)
6-week outcomes
Infant weight (g)†	3154 (396.0)
Infant length (cm)†	56.5 (3.7)
Infant head circumference (cm)†	37.4 (2.1)
Dietary factors
Continued breast feeding at 6 months of age*	1045/1046 (99.9)
Exclusively breast fed at 6 months of age*	191/1045 (18.3)
First introduction of complementary food (weeks)†	17.2 (4.01)
Infant morbidity 6 weeks
Infant diarrhoea*	48/1038 (4.6)
Infant cough*	123/1038 (11.9)
Infant fever*	12/1038 (1.2)
Infant hospitalisation*	75/1038 (7.2)
Infant morbidity 6 months
Infant diarrhoea*	421/1046 (40.3)
Infant cough*	593/1046 (56.7)
Infant fever*	265/1046 (25.3)
Infant hospitalisation*	213/1046 (20.4)
Biochemical factors
Infant haemoglobin (g/dL)†	11.0 (1.1)
Infant ferritin (μg/L)‡	31 (17 to 53)