Nutrition and Growth Data for 50 Infants with Cleft Conditions in North Karnataka

50 participants from North Karnataka, India, provide data on feeding practices, maternal characteristics, and growth outcomes for infants with cleft lip and palate. The dataset, created by Kashamma Uppin and last updated in April 2026, includes repeated anthropometric measurements and tracks factors influencing surgical readiness. It is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare.

Use Cases

• Assessing the impact of infant feeding practices on nutritional status based on WHO IYCF indicators.
• Modeling the relationship between maternal socio-demographic factors and child growth outcomes.
• Analyzing how repeated anthropometric measurements (WAZ, LAZ, WLZ) correlate with surgical readiness.
• Investigating the influence of birth details and morbidity episodes on health trajectories.

Strengths

• Includes 50 participants with detailed longitudinal data across multiple time points.
• Captures a wide range of variables, including maternal factors, birth details, feeding practices, and repeated anthropometry.
• Explicitly tracks data before surgical interventions, enabling pre/post analysis.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 27.1 KB file size indicates a very limited scope and sample size.

Provenance

Source

Kashamma Uppin via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely collected via clinical study or survey.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-11 07:06:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North Karnataka, India.