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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2009 Apr;30(2):131–139. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e31819e6a48

Table 4.

Supplementation Effects Stratified by Baseline IDA Status

Non-IDA
IDA
N Iron-FA Zinc Interaction N Iron-FA Zinc Interaction
Pemba Islanda
 Number of naps 209 0.1 (0.0 to 0.2)c −0.01 (−0.1 to 0.1) 248 −0.03 (−0.1 to 0.1) −0.1 (−0.2 to 0.01)*
 Nap duration 190 −0.3 (−0.2 to 0.1) 0.01 (−0.2 to 0.2) 236 −0.01 (−0.2 to 0.2) 0.02 (−0.2 to 0.2)
 Nighttime sleep 251 1.6 (−0.1 to 3.0)* 1.3 (0.01 to 2.6)* −2.5 (−4.4 to −0.5)* 270 0.6 (0.3 to 1.6)* −0.2 (−1.2 to 0.8)
 Number wakings 257 0.1 (−0.4 to 0.6) −0.4 (−0.9 to 0.1) 278 −0.3 (−0.8 to 0.2) −0.1 (−0.7 to 0.3)
 Total sleep 183 1.2 (−0.6 to 2.9) 1.7 (0.1 to 3.3)* −3.2 (−5.5 to −0.7)* 227 0.7 (−0.4 to 1.7) −0.1 (−1.2 to 0.9)
Nepalb
 Number of naps 241 0.1 (−0.02 to 0.2) 0.005 (−0.1 to 0.1) 113 0.02 (−0.1 to 0.1) 0.02 (−0.1 to 0.1)
 Nap duration 239 0.2 (−0.1 to 0.4) 0.1 (−0.1 to 0.3) 113 −0.2 (−0.4 to 0.03) −0.3 (−0.6 to −0.04)* 0.6 (0.2 to 1.0)**
 Nighttime sleep 280 0.3 (0.01 to 0.5)* 0.1 (−0.2 to 0.3) 135 0.5 (0.1 to 0.9)* 0.3 (−0.1 to 0.6)
 Number wakings 304 0.002 (−0.2 to 0.3) −0.1 (−0.3 to 0.2) 142 0.2 (−0.1 to −0.6) 0.01 (−0.3 to 0.3)
 Total sleep 219 0.4 (0.01 to 0.7) 0.2 (−0.1 to 0.6) 108 0.4 (−0.02 to 0.8) 0.5 (0.1 to 0.9)*

FA, folic acid, IDA, iron deficiency anemia; ZPP, zinc protoporphyrin.

a

Adjusted for baseline sleep, and breastfeeding.

b

Adjusted for sex, hemoglobin, ZPP, stunting, and caste/religion; adjusted for cluster randomization; robust estimates of variance.

c

Values given as β (95% CI).

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01.