title: Breastfeeding During Early Infancy is Associated with Higher Weight-Based World Health Organization Anthropometry.
abstract: The World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Physical Status: The Use and Interpretation of Anthropometry established reference anthropometric standards for the growth of healthy infants and children. As part of a prospective clinical study of dengue virus infections in infants, we measured the length and weight of healthy infants in San Pablo, Laguna, Philippines at two scheduled study visits. We examined the correlation between breastfeeding and WHO anthropometric z scores during early infancy in San Pablo, Laguna, Philippines. We found that breastfeeding status and the frequency of breastfeeding during early infancy positively correlated with weight-based WHO anthropometric z scores.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Libraty
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines ; Department of Microbiology, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
authors.forename: Rosario Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Capeding
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
authors.forename: Anamae
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Obcena
authors.affiliation: San Pablo City Health Office, San Pablo, Philippines.
authors.forename: Job D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Brion
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tallo