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. 2016 Apr 4;19(14):2485–2494. doi: 10.1017/S1368980016000525

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
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.