Table 2.

Infant vitamin A status, hematologic and anaemia indexes at baseline and end line in intervention and control groups

	Intervention		Control
Low vitamin A statusy	Number	%	Number	%
All infants	2/29	6 · 9	2/34	5 · 9	0 · 87
Excluding infants with high CRPd	2/22	9 · 1	2/26	7 · 7	0 · 86
Adequate vitamin A by MRDRχ
All infantsχ	27/29	93 · 1	32/34	88 · 2	0 · 86
Excluding infants with high CRPd	20/22	90 · 9	24/26	92 · 3	0 · 86
Baseline indexes	Mean		Mean
Haemoglobin (g/l)	103		101
	Number	%	Number	%
Prevalence of anaemiab	18/47	38 · 3	20/46	42 · 5	0 · 61
Prevalence of low ferritinc	0/32	0.0	1/34	2 · 9	0 · 33
Prevalence of elevated CRPd	7/32	21 · 9	8/34	23 · 5	0 · 87
Endline indexes	Mean		Mean
Haemoglobin (g/l)	111		108
	Number	%	Number	%
Prevalence of anaemiab	8/34	23 · 5	12/38	31 · 6	0 · 44
Prevalence of low ferritinc	0/16	0 · 0	0/17	0.0	-
Prevalence of elevated CRPd	8/17	47 · 0	7/17	41 · 2	0 · 73

^aχ ± SD

^bDefined as haemoglobin concentration <10 g/dl

^cDepleted iron stores defined as ferritin < 12 μg/l

^dElevated CRP > 5 mg/L

^ylow vitamin A status MRDR ≥ 0 · 06

^χAdequate vitamin A status MRDR < 0 · 06