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Change in prevalence of malnutrition during seasonal IPT in rural Senegalese preschool children, by intervention group
| Type of malnutrition | Intervention group |
September Year 1 |
November Year 1 |
P value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stunting | IPT | 24.1 | 24.7 | 0.62 |
| Control | 23.3 | 24.4 | 0.38 | |
| Wasting | IPT | 5.6 | 7.0 | 0.29 |
| Control | 4.6 | 9.5 | < 0.0001 | |
| Underweight | IPT | 20.2 | 25.1 | < 0.01 |
| Control | 19.3 | 26.4 | < 0.0001 |
Change in prevalence over time was tested using the Mantel-Haenszel procedure for repeated measurements within SAS.18
