Table 2.

Child characteristics at baseline

Variable	Study Arm		Test of proportions or t-test
Demographic Characteristics	Control (n = 319)	Treatment (n = 279)
Gender (%)
Male	47.4	52.3	0.24
Female	52.6	47.7
Age (in years; mean ± SD)	2.6 ± 1.4	2.6 ± 1.4	0.66
Child Anthropometric Measures a
Hemoglobin, g/dL	10.9 ± 1.2	10.9 ± 1.3	0.91
Weight-for-age, Z-score	-0.60 ± 1.4	-0.73 ± 1.3	0.26
Length/height-for-age, Z-score	-1.2 ± 1.4	-1.4 ± 1.4	0.09
BMI-for-age, Z-score	0.31 ± 1.4	0.24 ± 1.3	0.61

^a Results are given as mean ± SD