Early postnatal growth of Basotho infants in the Mantsonyane area, Lesotho.
The records of 814 infants born in a rural hospital in Lesotho were analysed. It was calculated that on average Basotho infants regained their birthweight between 3 and 4 days of age and the average weight loss amounted to 3%. Compared with Caucasian infants, Basotho infants regained their birthweight sooner. Of 289 infants in whom the gestational age was assessed, small-for-dates infants showed an increased mean growth rate compared with pre-term and appropriate-for-dates full-term infants.
D001724:Birth Weight; D044383:Black People; D001835:Body Weight; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development*; D007927:Lesotho; D044465:White People