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Table 2 Feeding practices in infants of Chinese-born and Australian-born mothers living in Australia

From: Differences in infant feeding practices between Chinese-born and Australian-born mothers living in Australia: a cross-sectional study

 

Infants of Chinese-born

Infants of Australian-born

 

n

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (SD)

Age stopped receiving breastmilk (months)

177

4.60 (3.77)

209

4.09 (4.60)

Age when first drank infant formula products (months)

430

1.16 (2.37)

392

1.69 (2.67) **

Age when first drank cow’s milk (months)

57

10.19 (5.90)

94

11.10 (3.33)

Age when first drank soy milk (months)

28

9.36 (6.12)

9

10.3 (5.48)

Age when first drank water-based drinks (months)

85

5.68 (4.83)

82

8.96 (5.63) ***

Age when first drank fruit juice (months)

174

6.37 (4.07)

104

9.92 (5.11) ***

Age when first ate soft, semi-solid, solid foods (months)

270

5.06 (1.30)

324

4.65 (1.14) ***

 

n

%

n

%

Currently receiving breastmilk (yes)

577

66.0

569

59.9**

Age stopped breastmilk (months)

 0–6

133

75.1

159

76.1

 7–12

37

20.9

35

16.7

 > 12

7

4.0

15

7.2

Ever drunk infant formula products (yes)

481

90.4

484

81.4***

Ever drunk water (yes)

477

82.2

479

72.9***

Ever drunk cow’s milk (yes)

475

13.1

478

20.5**

Ever drunk toddler milk (yes)

488

11.7

484

6.0**

Ever drunk soy milk (yes)

474

5.7

477

2.3**

Ever drunk any water-based drinks (yes)

476

18.3

477

17.0

Ever drunk fruit juice (yes)

476

37.6

479

22.8***

Ever eaten soft, semi-solid, solid foods (yes)

487

56.3

484

67.6***

Proportion of infants introduced to soft, semi-solid, solid foods prior to 6 months (yes)

183

67.8%

245

75.6%*

Ever eaten soft, semi-solid, solid foods ≤ 4 months (yes)

107

39.6%

154

47.5%

  1. Water-based drinks: cordial, soft drink, tea (excludes diluted fruit juice and infant formula products). Note, varying of sample size due to age range of infants which were possibly too young to have been exposed to these infant feeding practices yet
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001