Table 1. Selected characteristics of mother-child dyads in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh.

		Karimganj (Intervention)	Katiadi (Control)
				p
Maternala	N	1200	1200
Age				0.05
≤ 24 years		50.3	55.3
25–34 years		42.8	39.0
≥ 35 years		6.9	5.7
Heightb, cm ± SD		150 ± 5.45	149.3 ± 5.24	0.19
Literacy				0.01
Cannot read at all		37.9	32.4
Can read part of a sentence		13.9	16.8
Can read a complete sentence		48.2	50.7
Parity				0.46
1		27.4	28.1
2		24.8	23.5
≥ 3		47.9	48.4
Socioeconomic status				0.59
1st quintile (lowest)		19.5	20.5
2nd quintile		19.8	20.3
3rd quintile		21.0	19.0
4th quintile		20.6	19.4
5th quintile (highest)		19.2	20.8
Infantb	n	1091	1102
Female		50.5	50.1	0.85
History of illness in past 2 weeks		54.0	61.5	<0.001

Data in columns are percentages, unless otherwise stated

^aData are from recruitment at 28–32 week’s gestation

^bData are from the 3-month follow-up