Table 4.
Child anthropometric measures and health status at follow-up, by study arm
| Control | Treatment | β-coefficient (95% CI) |
n | p-value a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Anthropometric Measures b | |||||
| Hemoglobin, g/dL | 11.5 ± 1.2 | 11.5 ± 1.1 | 0.01 (-0.23, 0.26) |
312 | 0.94 |
| Anemia c (%) | 49.2 | 48.0 | 0.02 (-0.08, 0.12) |
312 | 0.70 |
| Weight-for-age, Z-score | -0.71 ± 1.1 | -0.73 ± 1.0 | -0.02 (-0.26, 0.23) |
309 | 0.87 |
| Underweight d (%) | 10.6 | 7.7 | -0.04 (-0.11, 0.03) |
301 | 0.28 |
| Length/height-for-age, Z-score | -1.3 ± 1.3 | -1.4 ± 1.6 | -0.14 (-0.51, 0.23) |
283 | 0.46 |
| Stunting e (%) | 24.3 | 28.4 | 0.01 (-0.08, 0.11) |
264 | 0.77 |
| BMI-for-age, Z-score | 0.13 ± 1.3 | 0.29 ± 1.4 | 0.18 (-0.15, 0.51) |
290 | 0.29 |
| Overweight f (%) | 17.5 | 25.7 | 0.05 (-0.05, 0.15) |
265 | 0.31 |
| Reported Child Health Status g | |||||
| Diarrhea | 15.8 | 22.3 | 0.05 (-0.03, 0.13) |
439 | 0.19 |
| Bloody diarrhea | 15.3 | 4.2 | -0.11 (-0.24, 0.02) |
85 | 0.09 |
| Days of diarrhea (mean ± SD) | 3.6 ± 5.0 | 2.6 ± 1.6 | -1.04 (-2.54, 0.45) |
99 | 0.17 |
| Diarrhea requiring medical attention | 38.4 | 40.8 | 0.02 (-0.21, 0.25) |
86 | 0.88 |
| Cough in past month | 36.7 | 40.2 | 0.02 (-0.07, 0.12) |
434 | 0.61 |
| Days of cough (mean ± SD) | 5.4 ± 3.6 | 5.3 ± 3.6 | -0.01 (-1.14, 1.13) |
175 | 0.99 |
| Cough causing difficulty breathing | 33.7 | 33.7 | -0.01 (-0.16, 0.14) |
167 | 0.90 |
| Cough requiring medical attention | 58.4 | 58.1 | 0.05 (-0.11, 0.21) |
166 | 0.57 |
a Multivariate analyses clustered at the parent level controlling for child age and gender, client gender, age, and education, household assets, and loan officer.
b Results are given as mean ± SD, unless noted otherwise. These analyses also controlled for the baseline value of the variable in question.
c A hemoglobin of < 11 g/dL is considered anemic [29].
d Underweight is a weight-for-age > 2 SD below the WHO reference [28].
e Stunting is a length-for-age > 2 SD below the WHO reference [28].
f Overweight is a BMI above the 85th percentile for the child's age [31].
g Results are given as prevalence during past month (%), unless noted otherwise.