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Correction to: Effects of early feeding on growth velocity and overweight/obesity in a cohort of HIV unexposed South African infants and children

International Breastfeeding Journal volume 12, Article number: 47 (2017) Cite this article

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Correction

After publication of this article [1] it was brought to our attention that there were errors in the text under the heading ‘Data cleaning’, and in Table 3. The corrected text and updated Table 3 are given in this erratum.

Table 3 Period-1 (the 3/6 week–12 week) and period-2 (12–24 weeks) mean weight velocity (WVZ) and length velocity (LVZ) by infant feedinga
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“Anthropometric measurement values and Z-scores were flagged for verification if any of the following criteria were met: WAZ < −6 or >5, WLZ < −5 or >5, LAZ < −6 or >6, WLZ > 3 and LAZ < −3; 2) extreme changes in LAZ and WLZ (greater than 2.5 or 3) between consecutive visits; 3) BMI-for-age Z-score ≥ 6. All the flagged anthropometric observations were assessed and values treated as missing if no plausible explanation was determined.”

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    Ramokolo V, et al. Effects of early feeding on growth velocity and overweight/obesity in a cohort of HIV unexposed South African infants and children. Int Breastfeed J. 2015;10:14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-015-0041-x.

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  1. Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
    • Vundli Ramokolo
    • , Tanya Doherty
    • , Ameena E. Goga
    •  & Wanga Zembe
  2. Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    • Vundli Ramokolo
    • , Meera Chhagan
    • , Ingunn M. S. Engebretsen
    • , Lars Thore Fadnes
    •  & Jan Van den Broeck
  3. Biostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
    • Carl Lombard
  4. School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
    • Meera Chhagan
    • , Tanya Doherty
    •  & Debra J. Jackson
  5. Department of Pediatrics, University of KwaZulu Natal, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
    • Meera Chhagan
  6. Department of Clinical Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    • Lars Thore Fadnes
  7. Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Kalafong Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
    • Ameena E. Goga

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  1. Meera Chhagan and Jan Van den Broeck are deceased. This paper is dedicated to their memory.

    • The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s13006-017-0138-5

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      Ramokolo, V., Lombard, C., Chhagan, M. et al. Correction to: Effects of early feeding on growth velocity and overweight/obesity in a cohort of HIV unexposed South African infants and children. Int Breastfeed J 12, 47 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-017-0138-5

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