Table 1. Loss to follow-up.
| 8 year follow-up | Lost to follow-up | |||
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| Control n=422 (%) | Intervention n=419 (%) | Before trial ended a n=69 (%) | After trial ended n=290 (%) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Girl | 210 (49·8) | 196 (46·8) | b | 152 (53·5)** |
| Boy | 212 (50·2) | 223 (53·2) | 132 (46·5) | |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 199 (47·2) | 197 (47·0) | 47 (68·1) | 184 (63·5) |
| Rural | 223 (52·8) | 222 (53·0) | 22 (31·9) | 106 (36·6) |
| Maternal education | ||||
| None | 206 (48·8) | 210 (50·1) | 27 (39·1) | 101 (34·8) |
| Primary | 37 (8·8) | 33 (7·9) | 16 (23·2) | 37 (12·8) |
| Secondary or higher | 179 (42·4) | 176 (42·0) | 26 (37·7) | 152 (52·4) |
| Maternal Height mean (SD) | 151·0 (5·7) | 150·4 (5·4) | 150·4 (5·0) | 151·0 (5·6) |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Terai Hindu | 368 (87.2) | 355 (84.7) | 53 (76.8) | 241 (83.1) |
| Hill Hindu | 24 (5.7) | 23 (5.5) | 6 (8.7) | 19 (6.6) |
| Terai Muslim | 23 (5·5) | 29 (6·9) | 8 (11·6) | 17 (5·9) |
| Other | 7 (1.7) | 12 (2.9) | 2 (2.9) | 13 (4.5) |
| Main household livelihood | ||||
| No work | 49 (11·6) | 46 (11·0) | 1 (1·5) | 34 (11·7) |
| Farming | 72 (17·1) | 72 (16·2) | 7 (10·1) | 34 (11·7) |
| Salaried | 153 (36·3) | 178 (42·5) | 34 (49·3) | 148 (51·0) |
| Small business | 82 (19·4) | 76 (18·1) | 19 (27·5) | 46 (15·9) |
| Waged labour | 53 (12·6) | 43 (10·3) | 5 (7·3) | 18 (6·2) |
| Student | 7 (1·7) | 3 (0·7) | 3 (4·4) | 4 (1·4) |
| Out of country | 6 (1·4) | 5 (1·2) | 0 | 6 (2·1) |
| Asset score |
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| Motor vehicle, TV or refrigerator | 217 (51·4) | 214 (51·1) | 36 (52·9) b | 146 (50·3) |
| Sewing machine, cassette player, camera, fan, bullock cart, clock, radio, iron, bicycle | 147 (34·8) | 138 (32·9) | 21 (30·9) | 95 (32·8) |
| None of the above | 58 (13·7) | 67 (16·0) | 11 (16·2) | 49 (16·9) |
| Preterm delivery (<37 weeks gestation by ultrasound assessment) | 29 (6·9) | 28 (6·7) | b | 41 (14·1) |
| Birthweight (kg); mean (SD) | 2.74 (0.41) | 2.81 (0.43) | 2.75 (0.50) | |
Results are presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated
a
Trial end defined as birth of a liveborn infant, stillbirth or miscarriage.
b
Data at delivery incomplete.