Nutritional status of low‐birthweight ethnic minority infants in Backan province, Vietnam
- 13 April 2007
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Pediatrics International
- Vol. 49 (2), 266-272
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-200x.2007.02348.x
Abstract
Birthweight and length have been reported to be important determinants of infant growth and future nutritional status. The study aims to describe the weight and length growth patterns during the first year of life of low-birthweight (LBW) ethnic minority infants in the mountainous province Backan, Vietnam. A total of 64 LBW and normal birthweight infants of ethnic minority mothers were recruited from 2001 to 2002 into a prospective cohort study. The weight and length of infants were measured monthly for 1 year. Data on nutritional status and feeding practices of the infants were collected from monthly health records and face-to-face interviews with mothers while their infants were 6 and 12 months of age. Most of the increase in weight, length and catch-up to the 10th percentile for LBW infants occurred during the first 3 and 6 months for boys and for girls, respectively. After these ages, the mean weight and length diverged from National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference curves to below the 10th percentile. LBW infants' weight-for-age z-scores was below the NCHS standard at birth (-2.16 SD), caught up after birth, became sustainable by 4 months, fell rapidly from the sixth month, then decreased to -2 SD at 12 months of age. LBW infants' length-for-age z-scores increased in the first month after birth, decreased in the second month and sharply increased again until 5 months of age before decreasing. For LBW infants, it is difficult to achieve the same weight or length curves at 12 months of age as the NCHS standard.Keywords
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