Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of 452 children included in the body composition sub-study by intervention group.

Characteristics	RUTF dose		Difference
	Reduced	Standard	p-value
n	215	237
Age, months	13.6 ± 9.6	14.1 ± 9.8	0.65
Male, % (n)	51.6 (111)	51.5 (122)	0.97
Weight, kg	6.3 ± 1.3	6.3 ± 1.4	0.81
Height, cm	69.3 ± 8.2	69.5 ± 8.6	0.86
Mid-upper arm circumference, mm	113.2 ± 6.8	113.5 ± 6.4	0.67
Weight-for-height z-score	−3.1 ± 0.7	−3.1 ± 0.7	0.84
Height-for-age z-score	−2.4 ± 1.2	−2.5 ± 1.3	0.63
Weight-for-age z-score	−3.5 ± 0.8	−3.6 ± 0.8	0.71
Impedance, Ω	991 ± 133	1001 ± 129	0.44
Impedance index, cm2/Ω	4.9 ± 1.2	4.8 ± 1.3	0.84
1/Impedance (×1000), Ω	1.03 ± 0.14	1.02 ± 0.13	0.35
Fat-free mass, kg	5.2 ± 0.8	5.2 ± 0.8	0.84
Fat mass, kg	1.1 ± 0.7	1.1 ± 0.8	0.51
Admission criteria, % (n)			0.46
Weight-for height z-score only	31.2 (67)	26.2 (62)
Mid-upper arm circumference only	38.6 (83)	39.7 (94)
Weight-for-height z-score & mid-upper arm circumference	30.2 (65)	34.2 (81)

All values are means ± SD unless otherwise indicated.