TABLE 2.

Characteristics of children upon enrollment^‡

	Ready-to-use therapeutic food N = 70	High oleic ready-to-use therapeutic food N = 71
Age, mo	19 ± 9.7	20 ± 13
Males	25 (36)	27 (38)
Currently breastfeeding	33 (47)	33 (46)
Primary caregiver was mother	66 (94)	66 (93)
Mother was HIV positive	8 (11)	2 (3)
Edemamatous malnutrition	44 (63)	41 (58)
Mid upper arm circumference, cm	12.0 ± 1.2	11.8 ± 1.3
Weight-for-height, z-score	−1.8 ± 1.1	−1.9 ± 1.0
Height-for-age, z-score	−2.9 ± 1.4	−3.3 ± 1.7
Plasma phospholipid content	N = 40	N=41
Docosahexaenoic acid, % weight of lipid	3.2 ± 1.6	2.8 ± 1.4
Eicosapentaenoic acid, % weight of lipid	0.7 ± 0.7	0.7 ± 0.7
α-linolenic acid, % w of lipid	0.4 ± 0.3	0.3 ± 0.3
Linoleic acid, % w of lipid	15.6 ± 3.5	14.7 ± 4.3

^‡Values are means ± SD or n (%)