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Table 1 Selected maternal and newborn characteristics 1 at enrollment by MAL-ED study site (n = 2053)

From: Early interruption of exclusive breastfeeding: results from the eight-country MAL-ED study

MAL-ED study sites 2

BGD

INV

NEB

PKN

BRF

PEL

SAV

TZH

N

256

242

238

269

231

293

268

256

Male child (%)

49.6

43.8

53.8

48.3

51.5

52.9

48.5

49.6

Age (d)

3 (0, 9)

10 [3,16]

12 [5,16]

11 [2,16]

9 [3,16]

4 [2,14]

8 [2,16]

7 [3,16]

Weight (g)

2,760 (400)

2,920 (460)

3,150 (460)

2,890 (490)

3,430 (510)

3,090 (460)

3,290 (480)

3,370 (470)

Maternal age (y)

24.9 (5.1)

24.1 (3.8)

26.5 (3.7)

27.6 (6.0)

24.8 (5.5)

24.2 (6.1)

26.4 (6.9)

28.5 (6.7)

Parity (%)

        

  1

40.6

33.7

44.1

23.0

32.0

39.3

39.1

12.5

  2 – 4

57.0

61.3

54.6

50.2

58.9

47.4

53.3

46.5

  >4

2.4

5.0

1.3

26.8

9.1

13.3

7.6

41.0

Cesarean delivery (%)3

21.5

9.8

18.9

14.5

55.7

8.9

8.8

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Maternal education (y)

        

  0 - 5

64.1

37.6

25.6

81.8

8.2

21.8

1.5

37.5

  6 – 10

34.8

47.1

52.1

12.3

36.8

57.7

47.8

62.5

  11 – 15

1.2

15.3

22.3

5.9

55.0

21.5

50.7

0.0

  1. 1Presented are mean (SD) or %, except for age at enrollment for which median (5th, 95th percentiles) are shown.
  2. 2Abbreviations: BGD Dhaka, Bangladesh; BRF Fortaleza, Brazil; INV Vellore, India; NEB Bhaktapur, Nepal; PKN Naushero Feroze, Pakistan; PEL Loreto, Peru; SAV Venda, South Africa; TZH Haydom, Tanzania.
  3. 3Data not available for 18 participants in INV, 39 in BRF and 63 in SAV. No data available for TZH.