Table 3.

Nutritional status at the beginning [1] and end of the study [2].^a

	A 170 Children with Misola 200 g/day	B 170 Children with Spiruline 10 g/day plus traditional meals 200 g/day	C 170 Children with Spiruline 10 g/day plus Misola 200 g/day	D 40 Children with traditional meals 200 g/day
WHZ1 1 → 2	-1.73 ± 2.51 P = 0.035*	-2.88 ± 0.95 P < 0.001	-3,05 ± 0.75 P < 0.001*	-2.42 ± 1.02 P = 0.065*
WHZ2	-1.14 ± 2.64	-1.80 ± 1.53	-1,18 ± 1.63	-2.00 ± 0.99
WHZ2/WHZ1+WHZ2	34.14 %	37.50 %	62.90 %	17.35 %
WAZ1 1 → 2	-4.01 ± 0.98 P < 0.001**	-3.88 ± 0.90 P < 0.001**	-4,38 ± 0.91 P < 0.001**	-3.99 ± 0.9 P = 0.013**
WAZ2	-2.95 ± 1.12	-3.10 ± 1.14	-2,71 ± 1.17	-3.45 ± 1.0
WAZ2/WAZ1+WAZ2	26 %	20 %	38 %	14 %

^aWHZ1 = Weight for height z-score at beginning of the study; WHZ2 = Weight for height z-score at the end of the study; WAZ1 = Weight for age z-score at the beginning of study; WAZ2 = Weight for age z-score at the end of the study. Student T test *WHZ1→WHZ2; **WAZ1→WAZ2 ;