Table 3.
Biomarker data for a convenience sample of infants at 18 months of age following participation in the cluster-randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of caterpillar cereal on infant stunting and anaemia, rural Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2010–2012
| Caterpillar cereal group | Control group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean or n | sd or % | n | Mean or n | sd or % | P value† | |
| Hb (g/dl) | 77 | 10·7 | 1·6 | 64 | 10·1 | 1·8 | 0·03* |
| Ferritin (ng/ml) | 66 | 145 | 97·3 | 67 | 187 | 116·2 | 0·03* |
| Transferrin receptor (mg/l) | 66 | 11·9 | 4·1 | 67 | 13·0 | 4·8 | 0·15 |
| CRP (mg/l) | 66 | 12·9 | 16·4 | 67 | 12·0 | 15·7 | 0·74 |
| Body Fe stores (mg/kg body weight) | 66 | 6·7 | 3·3 | 67 | 7·2 | 4·0 | 0·44 |
| Anaemic (Hb≤10 g/dl), n and % | 77 | 20 | 26·0 | 64 | 32 | 50·0 | 0·006* |
CRP, C-reactive protein.
Data are presented as mean and sd, except where shown.
*
Denotes statistical significance.
†
P value calculated using a linear mixed model utilizing a GEE (generalized estimating equation extensions) approach with a robust variance estimator to adjust for clusters.