Table 5.

Nutritional status changes in the two group (x̅ ± s)

Group	Baseline	3 months	6 months	F value	P value
Height (cm)
General group (n=66)	82.64±7.23	85.81±8.02	88.50±8.39*	5.024	0.007
Nutrient group (n=66)	81.64±8.56	87.38±9.71*	93.45±10.87*	14.201	<0.001
Body weight (kg)
General group (n=66)	8.87±1.54	10.35±1.77*	11.89±1.90*	22.178	<0.001
Nutrient group (n=66)	8.83±1.57	10.81±2.08*	13.02±2.41*	43.194	<0.001
WHZ
General group (n=66)	-1.48±1.04	-1.21±0.79	-0.98±0.78*	3.295	0.039
Nutrient group (n=66)	-1.49±0.72	-1.16±0.74	-0.76±0.74*	12.795	<0.001
WAZ
General group (n=66)	-1.90±0.82	-1.41±0.86*	-0.84±0.90*	15.147	<0.001
Nutrient group (n=66)	-1.90±0.74	-1.31±0.78*	-0.73±0.85*	26.427	<0.001
HAZ
General group (n=66)	-1.84±0.80	-1.72±0.63	-1.76±0.66	0.291	0.748
Nutrient group (n=66)	-1.84±0.78	-1.74±0.81*	-1.70±0.68*	0.883	0.415
BAZ
General group (n=66)	-1.31±0.77	-1.15±0.76	-1.00±0.77*	2.015	0.136
Nutrient group (n=66)	-1.29±0.64	-0.88±0.62*	-0.74±0.76*	8.980	<0.001

Note: Compared with baseline;

^* P<0.05.

WAZ: weight-for-age Z-score; HAZ: height-for-age Z-score; WHZ: weight-for-height Z-score; BAZ: body mass index-for-age Z-score.