Table 5.

Anthropometric measurements, zinc, iron and inflammation indices in Kenyan children (n = 31) at baseline^a

Participant’s characteristics	Values
Age, mo	30.8 ± 3.0
Boys/girls, n	19/12
Body height, cm	88.2 ± 3.1
Body weight, kg	12.3 ± 1.3
Weight-for-height z-score, SD	−0.1 ± 0.1
Height-for-age z-score, SD	−1.1 ± 0.8
Hemoglobin, g/L	106 ± 11.8
Plasma ferritin, µg/L	15.3 (7.0, 32.7)
Serum zinc, µg/dL	58.0 ± 13.3
Plasma soluble transferrin receptor, mg/L	8.1 (7.1, 9.2)
Plasma C-reactive protein, mg/L	0.4 (0.2, 1.2)
Plasma α-1-acid-glycoprotein, g/L	0.9 (0.7, 1.1)

^aValues are Mean ± SD, or Median (25^th, 75^th percentiles).