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Our aim was to assess the effect of sustained <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KMC<\/jats:styled-content> on the growth and development of low birthweight Indian babies up to the age of 12\u00a0months.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We enrolled 500 mother and baby pairs, in groups of five, in a parallel group controlled clinical trial. The three infants with the lowest birthweight in each group received <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KMC<\/jats:styled-content>, while the other two received conventional care. All babies were exclusively breastfed for 6\u00a0months. Babies in the intervention group were provided <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KMC<\/jats:styled-content> until the infant was 40\u00a0weeks of corrected gestation or weighed 2500\u00a0g. Weight, length and head, chest and arm circumferences were evaluated at birth and at the corrected ages of 0, 3, 6, 9 and 12\u00a0months. Development was assessed using the Developmental Assessment Scales for Indian Infants (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DASII<\/jats:styled-content>) at 12\u00a0months.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KMC<\/jats:styled-content> babies rapidly achieved physical growth parameters similar to the control babies at 40\u00a0weeks of corrected age. But after that, they surpassed them, despite being smaller at birth. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DASII<\/jats:styled-content> motor and mental development quotients were also significantly better for <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KMC<\/jats:styled-content> babies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The infants in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KMC<\/jats:styled-content> group showed better physical growth and development than the conventional control group.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/apa.12618","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,3,3]],"date-time":"2014-03-03T11:25:26Z","timestamp":1393845926000},"page":"643-650","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":42,"title":["Effect of kangaroo mother care on growth and development of low birthweight babies up to 12\u00a0months of age: a controlled clinical trial"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"103","author":[{"given":"Alpanamayi","family":"Bera","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neonatology Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education &amp; 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