Table 6. Skin fold thickness of the children during the study period from 3 to 24 months of age.

Variable	Number of subjects		Triceps skin fold thickness (mm)		Sub scapular skin fold thickness (mm)
Age in months	Zinc	Placebo	Zinc (n = 163)	Placebo (control) (n = 161)	Zinc (n = 163)	Placebo (control) (n = 161)
3	n = 163	n = 161	8.2±2.06	8.2±2.13	7.1±1.53	6.9±1.40
6	n = 163	n = 161	8.2±2.26	8.1±2.25	6.9±1.77	6.6±1.56
9	n = 163	n = 161	8.2±1.84	8.0±1.77	6.8±1.54	6.5±1.34
12	n = 160	n = 158	8.1±1.70	7.8±1.55	6.5±1.33	6.4±1.19
15	n = 157	n = 154	7.7±1.43	7.7±1.36	6.5±1.29	6.3±1.16
18	n = 154	n = 147	7.8±1.37	7.6±1.30	6.4±1.36	6.1±1.07*
21	n = 152	n = 147	8.0±1.50*	7.6±1.19	6.5±1.35	6.2±1.05*
24	n = 150	n = 146	8.3±1.54*	7.9±1.26	6.6±1.27	6.4±1.10

All values are mean ± SD.

n  =  Number of subjects.

^*P<0.05.