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Table 3.

Estimated annual mean decrease in food security score of children participating in the DIATROFI program for the first time after adjusting for confounders in total and across all schoolyears from 2012 to 2019 (18,716 children from distinct families).

	Total	2012–2013	2013–2014	2014–2015	2015–2016	2016–2017	2017–2018	2018–2019
Total change in food insecurity (mean, SD)	−0.26 (0.19)^a	−0.22 (0.17)^a	−0.32 (0.21)^a	−0.27 (0.35)^a	−0.11 (0.18)^a	−0.09 (0.40)^a	−0.25 (0.36)^a	−0.13 (0.38)^a
Household food security status (n, %)
High food security	−0.16 (0.13)^a	−0.14 (0.15)^a	−0.21 (0.14)^a	−0.17 (0.29)^a	−0.04 (0.16)^a	−0.03 (0.34)	−0.10 (0.26)^a	−0.04 (0.36)
Marginal food security	−0.22 (0.16)^a	−0.18 (0.15)^a	−0.27 (0.18)^a	−0.22 (0.30)^a	−0.10 (0.17)^a	−0.05 (0.37)	−0.18 (0.36)^a	−0.10 (0.38)^a
Low food security	−0.29 (0.19)^a	−0.24 (0.16)^a	−0.35 (0.21)^a	−0.29 (0.36)^a	−0.15 (0.18)^a	−0.11 (0.42)^b	−0.26 (0.36)^a	−0.20 (0.38)^a
Very low food security	−0.40 (0.20)^a	−0.31 (0.17)^a	−0.48 (0.23)^a	−0.45 (0.38)^a	−0.21 (0.17)^a	−0.28 (0.49)^a	−0.45 (0.39)^a	−0.36 (0.35)^a
p-value	^a	^a	^a	^a	^a	^a	^a	^a

Linear regression models were used to estimate the decrease in food security score after adjusting for child sex, age, household socioeconomic affluence, highest parental educational attainment, and duration of meal reception. All linear regression models included the change in food security score as the dependent variable. p-values were obtained using one-sample t-test and analysis of variance for continuous variables (food security score difference). All but one child from each family was randomly selected to be included in this sample. All children included are distinct. Households with high and marginal food security can be classified as food secure households, while those considered as low or very low, as food insecure.

SD: Standard Deviation.

p-value < 0.001.

p-value < 0.01.