Table 4.

Median anthropometric parameters of the 304 children according to sex at beginning and at the end of the study.

	Females (172)			Males (132)			All children (304)
Parameters	Initial mean	End mean	P: I → E	Initial mean	End mean	P: I → E	Initial mean	End mean	P: I → E	P: Females_i → Males_i
Age (months)	13.31 ± 6.64	15.73 ± 6.53		14.53 ± 6.72	16.82 ± 6.53		13.84 ± 6.68	16.20 ± 6.53
Weight (kg)	5.64 ± 1.29	7.28 ± 1.43	<0.001	6.10 ± 1.27	7.88 ± 1.45	<0.001	5.84 ± 1.30	7.54 ± 1.47	<0.001	0.002
Height (cm)	68.78 ± 6.16	70.2 ± 6.21	0.134	70.85 ± 6.26	72.71 ± 6.05	0.085	69.68 ± 6.27	71.29 ± 6.25	0.026	0.004
HP (cm)	42.02 ± 2.06	43.14 ± 2.16	0.001	43.23 ± 2.10	44.30 ± 1.86	0.002	42.55 ± 2.16	43.65 ± 2.11	<0.001	<0.001
BP (cm)	10.46 ± 1.10	12.66 ± 0.91	0.001	10.71 ± 1.21	12.7 ± 0.93	0.001	10.57 ± 1.15	12.68 ± 0.91	<0.001	0.061

BP: brachial perimeter; HP: head perimeter.