Table 1.
Child characteristics of the study sample in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR and the pooled regional countries
| Cambodia | Indonesia | Lao PDR | Regional (pooled) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIT (n = 241) |
Control (n = 237) |
FIT (n = 248) |
Control (n = 238) |
FIT (n = 279) |
Control (n = 256) |
FIT (n = 768) |
Control (n = 731) |
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| Child characteristics | mean ± sd | mean ± sd | P* | mean ± sd | mean ± sd | P* | mean ± sd | mean ± sd | P* | mean ± sd | mean ± sd | P* |
| Age at baseline | 6.6 ± 0.4 | 6.7 ± 0.5 | 0.143 | 6.8 ± 0.4 | 6.8 ± 0.4 | 0.129 | 6.7 ± 0.5 | 6.8 ± 0.6 | 0.026 | 6.7 ± 0.5 | 6.8 ± 0.5 | 0.003 |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| Gender | 0.780 | 0.100 | 0.088 | 0.034 | ||||||||
| Boys | 122 (50.6) | 123 (51.9) | 118 (47.6) | 131 (55.0) | 132 (47.3) | 140 (54.7) | 372 (48.4) | 394 (53.9) | ||||
| Girls | 119 (49.4) | 114 (48.1) | 130 (52.4) | 107 (45.0) | 147 (52.7) | 116 (45.3) | 396 (51.6) | 337 (46.1) | ||||
| Family sizea, b | 0.115 | 0.350 | 0.751 | 0.166 | ||||||||
| 1 or no siblings | 83 (34.4) | 61 (25.7) | 131 (53.0) | 122 (51.5) | 108 (38.7) | 91 (35.6) | 322 (42.0) | 274 (37.5) | ||||
| 2 siblings | 64 (26.6) | 73 (30.8) | 77 (31.2) | 66 (27.9) | 95 (34.1) | 92 (35.9) | 236 (30.8) | 231 (31.6) | ||||
| 3 or more siblings | 94 (39.0) | 103 (43.5) | 39 (15.8) | 49 (20.7) | 76 (27.2) | 73 (28.5) | 209 (27.2) | 225 (30.8) | ||||
* χ2-test
a Measured at follow-up
b Missing values: Cambodia: 0, Indonesia: 2, Lao PDR: 1