Table 4.
Plain Githeri (n 247) | Milk (n 251) | Meat (n 192) | Control (n 212) | ||||||
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Nutrient | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P value† |
Energy | |||||||||
kJ | 7537·7‡,§ | 2605·4 | 6738·6∥ | 2238·7 | 7101·1 | 2256·3 | 6907·3∥ | 2415·7 | 0·0028 |
kcal | 1800·7‡,§ | 622·4 | 1609·8∥ | 534·8 | 1696·4 | 539·0 | 1650·1∥ | 577·1 | 0·0028 |
Protein (g) | 59·1‡,§ | 32·9 | 49·8∥,¶ | 18·6 | 57·1§ | 26·7 | 51·4∥ | 20·3 | <0·0001 |
Vitamin B12 (mg) | 0·46 | 0·64 | 0·41 | 0·39 | 0·34‡ | 0·46 | 0·52¶ | 0·55 | 0·0072 |
Ca (mg) | 278·5 | 144·3 | 250·7 | 113·4 | 252·3 | 115·3 | 279·2 | 149·1 | 0·0232 |
Available Fe (mg) | 1·46‡,§ | 0·79 | 1·21∥,¶ | 0·59 | 1·44‡,§ | 0·64 | 1·25∥,¶ | 0·62 | <0·0001 |
Available Zn (mg) | 1·06§ | 0·52 | 0·93∥,¶ | 0·36 | 1·12§ | 0·63 | 1·02 | 0·66 | 0·0033 |
†P value of ANOVA testing the equivalence of means in the four intervention groups.
‡Significantly different from the Control group (P < 0·05).
§Significantly different from the Milk group (P < 0·05).
∥Significantly different from the Plain Githeri group (P < 0·05).
¶Significantly different from the Meat group (P < 0·05).