Table 3.
Mean hemoglobin and ferritin in children aged 12ā59 months, Jordan 2002 and 2010.
| Indicator |
2002
|
2010
|
P-valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean (95% CI) | n | Mean (95% CI) | ||
| Hemoglobin (g/l)b,c | 1059 | 117.2 (116.3, 118.1) | 902 | 118.4 (117.5, 119.3) | 0.07 |
| Ferritin (ng/ml)d | 1056 | 18.1 (17.1, 19.2) | 940 | 24.4 (23.0, 25.9) | <0.001 |
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval. Note: the nās are unweighted denominators for each subgroup. Means are weighted. CI, adjusted for cluster sampling design.
2002 and 2010 means for each indicator compared using weighted t-tests.
Hemoglobin is not adjusted for altitude.
Arithmetic mean.
Geometric mean.