Table 2.
Energy and nutrient intakes of the study population according to season; breast-fed infants aged 6–12 months from the catchment of the Gilgel Gibe Field Research Centre of Jimma University, south-west Ethiopia, October–December 2009 (harvest season; HS) and June–August 2010 (pre-harvest season; PHS)
HS | PHS | ||||||
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Nutrient intake from complementary food/d | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Mean difference† | 95 % CI | P value |
Energy (kJ) | 975 | 665–1276 | 1172 | 824–1452 | 159 | 84, 234 | <0·001 |
Energy (kcal) | 233 | 159–305 | 280 | 197–347 | 38 | 20, 56 | <0·001 |
Protein (g) | 6·7 | 4·5–9·2 | 8·0 | 5·1–10·6 | 1·06 | 0·43, 1·7 | 0·001 |
Vitamin A (RE) | 9·0 | 1·2–18·0 | 1·9 | 0·6–11·2 | −0·14 | −3·9, 3·6 | 0·94 |
Thiamin (mg) | 0·16 | 0·10–0·22 | 0·13 | 0·08–0·18 | −0·03 | −0·04, −0·02 | <0·001 |
Riboflavin (mg) | 0·21 | 0·11–0·34 | 0·29 | 0·13–0·46 | 0·08 | 0·05, 0·11 | <0·001 |
Vitamin C (mg) | 1·5 | 0·52–3·8 | 4·1 | 2·1–7·7 | 2·2 | 0·71, 3·70 | 0·004 |
Niacin (mg) | 0·67 | 0·35–1·01 | 0·70 | 0·45–1·2 | 0·07 | 0·03, 0·18 | 0·17 |
Absorbed Ca (mg) | 28 | 15–45 | 34 | 13–58 | 8·0 | 4·0, 12·0 | <0·001 |
Absorbed Fe (mg) | 0·69 | 0·24–1·44 | 1·01 | 0·32–1·65 | 0·13 | −0·03, 0·29 | 0·05 |
Absorbed Zn (mg) | 0·16 | 0·11–0·21 | 0·17 | 0·11–0·23 | 0·02 | 0·0003, 0·03 | 0·10 |
IQR, interquartile range; RE, retinol equivalents.
Differences in means and P values are obtained from multiple linear regression models adjusting for child age, maternal age and child sex.