Investigation of regurgitation and other symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux in Indonesian infants

Table 1 Age distribution of studied infants

Age (mo)	Infants (n)
0-3	74
4-6	34
7-9	21
10-12	9
Total	138

Table 2 Daily frequency of regurgitation in 138 healthy infants

Age (mo)	Infants	Daily frequency of regurgitation (%)
		0	< 1	1-4	> 4
1	32	3 (10)	3 (10)	18 (55)	8 (25)
2	25	3 (12)	2 (8)	13 (15)	7 (28)
3	17	5 (29)	1 (6)	8 (47)	3 (18)
4	10	6 (60)	1 (10)	3 (30)	0 (0)
5	14	3 (21)	2 (15)	6 (43)	3 (21)
6	10	6 (60)	1 (10)	3 (30)	0 (0)
7	10	6 (60)	2 (20)	2 (20)	0 (0)
8	3	1 (33)	2 (67)	0 (0)	0 (0)
9	8	8 (10)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
10	5	4 (80)	0 (0)	1 (20)	0 (0)
11	1	1 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
12	3	2 (67)	1 (33)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	138	48 (35)	15 (11)	54 (39%)	21 (15%)

Table 3 Number of mothers considering regurgitation as a health problem

	Daily regurgitation frequency (%)
	< 1	1-4	> 4
With concern	3	24	8	35 (25)
Without concern	6 0	30	13	103 (75)

Table 4 Symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux and number of mothers showing concern

Symptom	n (%)
Crying and irritability	20 (57)
Food refusal	9 (26)
Back arching	7 (20)
Excessive frequency of regurgitation	23 (66)
Excessive volume of regurgitation	3 (9)