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Table 2 Breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices for N = 153 and N = 74

From: Correlation between dietary intake and serum ganglioside concentrations: a cross-sectional study among Malaysian toddlers

Participating child

Entire group (N = 153)

Sub group (N = 74)

n (%)

n (%)

Has child ever been breastfed?

 Yes

153 (100)

74 (100)

Still breastfed?

 Yes

73 (47.7)

35 (47.3)

 No

80 (52.3)

39 (52.7)

If no longer breastfed, child’s age when breastfeeding ceased?

 Before 1 month

2 (2.4)

1 (2.6)

 1–3 months

12 (15.0)

8 (20.5)

 3–6 months

23 (28.8)

13 (33.3)

 After 6 months

43 (53.8)

17 (43.6)

Proportions receiving growing up milk

 12.0–17.9 months

46 (75.4)

21 (72.4)

 18.0–24.5 months

79 (85.9)

36 (80.0)

Child’s age when first solid/semi-solid foods given?

 Before 3 months

7 (4.6)

5 (6.8)

 3–5 months

18 (11.8)

10 (13.5)

 At 6 months

79 (51.6)

35 (47.3)

 After 6 months

49 (32.0)

24 (32.4)

aType of food introduced in the first 6 months?

 Infant formula

100 (65.4)

53 (71.6)

 Commercial cereals

89 (58.1)

41 (55.4)

 Rice porridge

65 (42.5)

32 (43.2)

 Fruit puree

49 (32.0)

21 (28.4)

 Vegetable puree

39 (25.5)

17 (23.0)

  1. amothers reported introducing more than one type of food