Nutrition and Iron Status of 1-Year Olds following a Revision in Infant Dietary Recommendations

Table 1

Infant and parental characteristics of the subjects.

Variable	Boys	Girls
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
No. of subjects [𝑛 (%)]	73 (51.8)	68 (48.2)
Infant characteristics
Firstborn [𝑛 (%)]	20 (30.3)	24 (35.8)
Birth weight (g)	3807 (360)	3750 (369)
Birth length (cm)	52.2 (1.52)	51.7 (1.77)
Birth head circumference (cm)	36.2 (1.22)	35.4 (1.14)*
Weight at 6 mo (kg)	8.4 (0.7)	7.9 (0.75)*
Length at 6 mo (cm)	70.1 (1.7)	67.9 (1.7)*
Weight at 12 mo (kg)	10.37 (1.0)	9.76 (0.99)*
Length at 12 mo (cm)	78.0 (2.25)	76.17 (2.60)*
Hb at 12 mo (g/L)	120.96 (8.19)	120.28 (8.28)
MCV at 12 mo (fl)	76.71 (3.41)	77.69 (3.09)
log SF at 12 mo (μg/L)	3.31 (0.63)	3.57 (0.46)*
Parental and socioeconomic characteristics
Mother's BMI (kg/m^2)	24.3 (6.09)	24.6 (5.38)
Father's BMI (kg/m^2)	26.4 (4.14)	25.1 (5.60)
Mother's age (years)	32.0 (5.25)	30.3 (4.58)
Father's age (years)	34.1 (6.13)	33.4 (5.22)
Mother’s ≥12 y of schooling [𝑛 (%)]	56 (82.4)	57 (86.4)
Father’s ≥12 y of schooling [𝑛 (%)]	51 (77.3)	51 (78.5)
Smoker in the household [𝑛 (%)]	14 (21.5)	13 (20)
Reside in capital and surroundings [𝑛 (%)]	60 (62.5)	60 (60)
Marital status (married/partnership) [𝑛 (%)]	63 (96.9)	62 (98.4)

*Significantly different from boys. 𝑃≤0.05 (indepentent 𝑡-test).
^†Median and interquartile range (IQR).