Table 1 Weight according to gender and age for children exclusively breastfed compared with the standards
Age (months) | Boys (mean weight, g) | Girls (mean weight, g) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Observed (±SD) | NCHS,1977 (p-value)* | WHO,2006 (p-value)* | Number | Observed (±SD) | NCHS,1977 (p-value)* | WHO,2006 (p-value)* | |
Newborn | 176 | 3272 (360) | 3300 (0.532) | 3300 (0.532) | 184 | 3212 (352) | 3200 (0.436) | 3200 (0.436) |
One | 29 | 4446 (466) | 4300 (0.152) | 4500 (0.432) | 31 | 4063 (465) | 4000 (0.444) | 4200 (0.134) |
Two | 25 | 5471 (406) | 5200 (0.016) | 5600 (0.048) | 35 | 5353 (513) | 4700 (<0.001) | 5100 (0.017) |
Three | 27 | 6821 (840) | 6000 (<0.001) | 6400 (0.013) | 33 | 6171 (736) | 5400 (<0.001) | 5800 (0.016) |
Four | 34 | 7446 (661) | 6700 (<0.001) | 7000 (0.008) | 26 | 6578 (740) | 6000 (0.001) | 6400 (0.150) |
Five | 27 | 7680 (956) | 7300 (0.114) | 7500 (0.413) | 33 | 7041 (879) | 6700 (0.063) | 6900 (0.494) |
Six | 34 | 8167 (694) | 7800 (0.073) | 7900 (0.262) | 26 | 8086 (832) | 7200 (<0.001) | 7300 (0.001) |