Table 1.

Means, standard deviations and t-tests for model variables by malnutrition groups.

	Protein Energy Malnutrition (N=56)		Control (N=60)
% Male	55.4		58.3
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	p
Age in Years (T3)	14.96	1.49	15.00	1.58	0.14	n.s.
Child Depressive Symptomsab (T3)	0.30	1.01	−0.33	0.93	3.48	0.001
Maternal Depressive Symptomsab (T3)	0.16	0.85	−0.13	0.95	1.72	0.10
Standard of Livinga (T1)	−0.90	0.89	−0.25	0.77	4.21	<0.0001
Standard of Livinga (T3)	0.08	0.80	0.61	0.64	4.02	<0.0001
Full Scale IQ (T1)	92.54	13.86	104.92	10.54	5.44	<0.0001
Teacher Rated Attention Symptomsab (T1)	0.33	0.96	−0.36	0.81	4.19	<0.0001
Common Entrance Examination (11 years)	184.10	29.27	210.42	22.13	5.14	<0.0001

^aMean=0, s.d. = 1

^bHigher value indicates more symptoms