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 hrs, Mean ± SD**	3.91 ± 1.25	3.97 ± 1.24	0.889
Dietary diversity score during last 24 hrs, 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 hours
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 one 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 one 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