Table 2.

Dietary diversity and nutrients intake and of the adolescent girls by study areas

Variables	Study area		p value
	Intervention n = 811	Comparison n = 809
Dietary diversity
Average number of food groups intake during last 24 h, mean ± SD**	3.91 ± 1.25	3.97 ± 1.24	0.889
Dietary diversity score during last 24 h, n (%)*
1–3 food groups (low)	37.85 (307)	38.44 (311)	0.431
4–6 food groups (average)	59.93 (486)	58.54 (472)
7–10 food groups (high)	2.22 (18)	3.21 (26)
Had vitamin and iron rich foods during last 24 h
Vitamin A rich dark green leafy vegetable, n (%)*	20.5 (166)	30.3 (245)	0.000
Organ meat, n (%)*	1.5 (12)	1.2 (10)	0.672
Fish, meat, poultry, n (%)*	73.7 (598)	74.8 (605)	0.630
Average nutrient intake during last 1 week
Energy, in kcal/day, mean (95% CI)**	1344.29 (1357.64–1418.94)	1403.61 (1375.78–1431.43)	0.468
Protein, in g/day, mean (95% CI)**	45.61 (44.37–46.85)	46.36 (45.26–47.46)	0.375
Fat, in g/day, mean (95% CI)**	14.28 (13.78–14.78)	14.28 (13.77–14.29)	0.998
Carbohydrate, in g/day, mean (95% CI)**	260.37 (254.64–266.11)	264.34 (258.83–269.84)	0.328
Calcium, in mg/day, mean (95% CI)**	635.38 (550.01–720.75)	745.07 (667.48–822.30)	0.062
Iron, in g/day, mean (95% CI) **	7.78 (7.5–8.07)	8.65 (8.22–9.07)	0.001
Zinc, in mg/day, mean (95% CI)**	8.85 (8.31–8.78)	8.68 (8.44–9.07)	0.445
Vitamin A, in µg/day, mean (95% CI)**	167.95 (151.88–184.02)	233.01 (207.14–258.19)	0.000
Thiamin, in mg/day, mean (95% CI) **	1.19 (1.16–1.22)	1.18 (1.15–1.21)	0.801
Riboflavin, in mg/day, mean (95% CI)**	0.64 (0.61–0.67)	0.67 (0.62–0.71)	0.365
Vitamin C, in mg/day, mean (95% CI)**	65.00 (61.06–68.93)	71.09 (67.04–75.14)	0.034
Intake iron supplementation
Intake of iron supplement during last 1 month, %(n)*	5.2 (42)	4.4 (36)	0.493
Frequency of taking iron supplement, %(n)*
Daily	23.8 (10)	38.9 (14)	0.322
7 days	33.3 (14)	30.6 (11)
< 7 days	42.9 (18)	30.6 (11)

*Chi-square test

**Student t-test

Hrs = Hours