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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1987 33(6):309-314; doi:10.1093/tropej/33.6.309
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Maternal Anthropometry and Infant Growth with Exclusive Breast Feeding in La Paz, Bolivia

Rachael Novotny, PhD and Jere D. Haas, PhD

Division of Nutritional Sciences, Martha Van Rensselaer, Cornell University Ithaca, New York

Dr Jere D. Haas, Division of Nutritional Sciences, MVR-N206, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA

The relationship between maternal anthropometric measures and infant growth was examined with bivariate regression techniques. Twenty-eight healthy exclusively breast-feeding mothers and their infants from La Paz, Bolivia were studied. Infant weight gain between 3 and 6 months was significantly positively correlated with maternal arm circumference (r2 = 26 per cent) and weight/height (r2 = 21 per cent) measured at 34 weeks of pregnancy. Infant weight gain was also significantly positively correlated with the same maternal measurements taken at three months post-partum (r2 = 23 per cent and r2 = 21 per cent, respectively). Infant length gain between 3 and 6 months was significantly positively correlated with maternal arm circumference, (r2 = 16 per cent) and weight/height (r2 = 15 per cent) measured at 3 months post-partum. Multivariate regression using multiple measures did not improve the correlations with infant growth.


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