TABLE 1.
Enrollment characteristics and adherence to micronutrient supplementation by supplementation type in a selected sample of rural Bangladeshi pregnant women participating in the MINIMat trial1
| Early invitation to food supplementation |
Usual invitation to food supplementation |
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| Maternal characteristics | Fe30F (n = 98) | Fe60F (n = 104) | MMN (n = 111) | Fe30F (n = 115) | Fe60F (n = 112) | MMN (n = 101) | P2 |
| Age, y | 26.0 ± 6.213 | 27.2 ± 6.28 | 27.0 ± 6.22 | 26.9 ± 5.88 | 26.6 ± 6.02 | 26.1 ± 5.41 | 0.62 |
| Initial body weight, kg | 45.9 ± 6.40 | 46.2 ± 6.18 | 46.0 ± 7.39 | 44.9 ± 6.73 | 45.5 ± 6.79 | 47.7 ± 6.90 | 0.06 |
| Height, cm | 149 ± 5.51 | 151 ± 5.07 | 150 ± 5.55 | 149 ± 5.21 | 149 ± 5.66 | 150 ± 5.51 | 0.09 |
| Enrollment BMI, kg/m2 | 20.2 ± 2.36 | 20.2 ± 2.38 | 20.3 ± 2.87 | 20.1 ± 2.61 | 20.3 ± 2.61 | 21.0 ± 2.65 | 0.12 |
| Years of schooling, n (%) | 0.97 | ||||||
| 0 | 31 (31.6) | 32 (30.8) | 38 (34.2) | 38 (33.0) | 34 (30.4) | 34 (33.7) | |
| 1–5 | 23 (23.5) | 24 (23.1) | 21 (18.9) | 25 (21.7) | 19 (17.0) | 23 (22.8) | |
| ≥6 | 44 (44.9) | 48 (46.2) | 52 (46.8) | 52 (45.2) | 59 (52.7) | 44 (43.6) | |
| SES, n (%) | 0.87 | ||||||
| 1 (poorest) | 19 (19.4) | 20 (19.2) | 25 (22.5) | 21 (18.3) | 24 (21.4) | 10 (9.9) | |
| 2 (poorer) | 25 (25.5) | 24 (23.1) | 23 (20.7) | 23 (20.0) | 20 (17.9) | 25 (24.8) | |
| 3 (middle) | 15 (15.3) | 23 (22.1) | 18 (16.2) | 25 (21.7) | 23 (20.5) | 27 (26.7) | |
| 4 (richer) | 17 (17.3) | 16 (15.4) | 21 (18.9) | 23 (20.0) | 21 (18.8) | 18 (17.8) | |
| 5 (richest) | 22 (22.4) | 21 (20.2) | 24 (21.6) | 23 (20.0) | 24 (21.4) | 21 (20.8) | |
| Capsule intake, n | 72.2 ± 36.4 | 76.6 ± 33.4 | 77.8 ± 31.1 | 85.4 ± 34.6 | 79.7 ± 32.8 | 83.9 ± 31.2 | 0.08 |
| Duration of supplementation, d | 114 ± 10.4 | 113 ± 7.91 | 115 ± 10.6 | 114 ± 9.40 | 113 ± 10.1 | 113 ± 8.21 | 0.53 |
1
Fe30F, 30 mg Fe and 400 μg folic acid; Fe60F, 60 mg Fe and 400 μg folic acid; MINIMat, Maternal and Infant Nutrition Intervention, Matlab; MMN, multiple micronutrient supplement; SES, socioeconomic status.
2
Comparison between groups was made by ANOVA for continuous variables and by chi-square test for categorical variables.
3
Mean ± SD (all such values).