Table 2.
Information of children in the first and second study.
| 1st study |
Municipalities |
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| Variable | Level | Kumbugu (n = 184) | Nanton (n = 130) | Tolon (n = 229) | Total (n = 543) | p-valuea |
| Gender | Female | 82 (44.6) | 69 (53.1) | 106 (46.3) | 257 (47.3) | |
| Male | 102 (55.4) | 61 (46.9) | 123 (53.7) | 286 (52.7) | 0.30 | |
| Age | mean(SD) | 5.4 (3.3) | 5.6 (3.4) | 5.3 (3.2) | 5.4 (3.3) | 0.65 |
| Age groups | < 5 | 85 (46.2) | 56 (43.1) | 109 (47.6) | 250 (46.0) | |
| 5–7 | 50 (27.2) | 37 (28.5) | 61 (26.6) | 148 (27.3) | ||
| 8–10 | 29 (15.8) | 23 (17.7) | 37 (16.2) | 89 (16.4) | ||
| 11+ | 20 (10.9) | 14 (10.8) | 22 (9.6) | 56 (10.3) | 0.99 | |
| 2nd study |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Level | Kumbugu (n = 256) | Nanton (n = 280) | Tolon (n = 466) | Total (n = 1002) | p-valuea |
| Gender | Female | 102 (39.8) | 117 (41.8) | 175 (37.6) | 394 (39.3) | |
| Male | 154 (60.2) | 163 (58.2) | 291 (62.4) | 608 (60.7) | 0.51 | |
| Age | mean(SD) | 7.4 (3.3) | 6.8 (3.5) | 7.4 (3.4) | 7.2 (3.4) | 0.05 |
| Age groups | < 5 | 51 (19.9) | 82 (29.3) | 113 (24.2) | 246 (24.6) | |
| 5–7 | 100 (39.1) | 94 (33.6) | 156 (33.5) | 350 (34.9) | ||
| 8–10 | 58 (22.7) | 60 (21.4) | 101 (21.7) | 219 (21.9) | ||
| 11+ | 47 (18.4) | 44 (15.7) | 96 (20.6) | 187 (18.7) | 0.18 | |
| Hb level (g/dL) | mean(SD) | 11 (1.3) | 10.6 (1.3) | 10.9 (1.3) | 10.8 (1.3) | 0.014 |
| Bodyweight (kg) | mean(SD) | 22.6 (8.3) | 21.4 (8.5) | 23.5 (9) | 22.7 (8.7) | 0.008 |
| Body temperature | mean(SD) | 36.6 (0.4) | 36.6 (0.3) | 36.6 (0.4) | 36.6 (0.4) | 0.91 |
a
p-value using Pearson chi-square test.