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

Table 4

Multiple regression analysis of weight growth and food factors influencing change in iron status indices.

Dependent variable At 12 months	Independent variable		Boys			Girls
			95% Conf interval of B			95% Conf interval of B
		B	Lower Bound	Upper Bound	B	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Log SF	Length gain, cm (0–12 months)	−0.0823	−0.150	−0.014	—	—	—
	Weight gain, 100 g (0–6 months)	−0.0201	−0.040	−0.001	−0.0122	−0.027	0.003
	Weight gain, 100 g (0–12 months)	−0.0174	−0.032	−0.003	0.00454	−0.016	0.007
	Formula g/per day at 12 months	0.00077	−0.000062	0.0016	0.00077	0.00019	0.0014
	Porridge g/per day at 9 months	—	—	—	0.0124	0.002	0.023
	Bread g/per day at 9 months	—	—	—	−0.0113	−0.017	−0.005
Hb	Meat intake g/per day at 9 months	0.127	0.043	0.211	—	—	—
	Breastfeeding duration (mo)	−0.919	−1.473	−0.365	—	—	—
	Formula g/per day at 12 months	0.0145	0.004	0.025	—	—	—
	Fruit intake g/per day at 12 months	—	—	—	0.0384	0.009	0.068
	Dairy intake g/per day at 12 months	—	—	—	0.0319	0.003	0.061
	Iron intake mg/per day at 9 months	0.879	0.224	1.534	—	—	—
MCV	Breastfeeding duration (mo)	−0.261	−0.515	0.003	—	—	—
	Iron intake mg/per day at 12 months	—	—	—	0.297	0.061	0.534
	Vitamin C intake mg/per day at 9 months	—	—	—	0.0359	0.008	0.064

Adjusted for birth weight.
—No association found.