Nutritional aspects of human lactation

CORRIGENDUM Vol. 52, No. 2 Nutritional aspects of human lactation Pages 168 & 169. Tables 1 and 2 should read: Table 1. Growth increments of fully or predominantly breast-fed infants from birth to 3 months of age Head Mean Weight Length circum- Place and source birth weight gain gain ference Sample and type of feeding(kg) ?kg (cm) ain Growth standards (65) M 3.40 2.32 9.8 5.6 Boston children of north European stock F 3.36 2.26 9.3 5.3 Iowa, USA (28) M 3.44 2.57 9.9 - 104 Caucasian infants > 2.5 kg birth weight. Breast-fed F 3.24 2.25 9.7 - plus supplements UK(63) M \ 3.40 2.56 - - 60 infants 3.2-3.6 kg birth weight. Fully breast-fed at 15, F I16, or17 weeks Keneba, Gambia M 2.9 2.9 11.6 - 99 infants in rural village, poor economic status and very(I.A. McGregor et al., un- F 2.7 2.4 10.8 - high prevalence of infectious diseases published observations, 1968) Dakar, Senegal (20, 57) M 3.29 3.23 10.8 5.6 356 infants > 2.5 kg birth weight, mostly breast-fed F 3.14 2.71 10.1 5.1 Jamaica (84) M 3.48 2.43 - - 229 children, total births in rural survey area; poor eco- F 3.31 2.19 - - nomic status. Almost all breast-fed during first 3 months Hyderabad, India (86) M 2.8 2.25 10.2 5.8 87 Infants. Rural sample, poor economic status. Breast- F 2.7 1.80 8.8 4.9 feeding usual for over 1 year Bombay, India (46) M 2.84 1.72 10.2 5.4 61 Infants of the sweeper community, very poor; 90% F 2.73 1.78 8.2 5.7 fully or mainly breast-fed at 3 months Table 2. Growths increments in breast-fed babies of differing birth weightsa Increments Measurement at 3 months as Birth weight (birth-3 months) % of birth measurement group head head(kg) weight length circum- weight length circum-(kg) (cm) ference (%) (%) ference(cm) (% <2.0 2.44 9.3 5.6 233 120 118 2.0-2.5 1.97 8.7 4.6 183 118 114 2.5-3.0 2.09 8.9 4.6 174 118 113 3.0-3.6 2.07 9.0 4.7 163 118 114 3.5 + 1.79 8.2 4.3 147 116 112 a Data of Banik et al. (5).