Mixed Milk Feeding Patterns and Growth Outcomes During the First Year of Life in Asian Infants: Application of Predefined Feeding Clusters to Test Associations

The results of this study suggest that our previously defined milk feeding clusters can discriminate growth trajectories between the different feeding groups in the studied population. This confirms that our proposed approach has the potential to bring more precision to future studies examining associations between milk feeding patterns and growth (and potentially other health) outcomes in the first year of life across different populations. Conclusions on a causal effect of feeding characteristics should be made with caution because of the observational and exploratory nature of the analysis.This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01609634.