Table 5. Effect of the intervention on child growth.
Outcomes | Control | Intervention | P-value |
---|---|---|---|
Number of follow up visits (mean ± SD) | 3.8±1.7 | 3.6±1.7 | 0.166 |
Child birth weight | |||
Number of children1 | 1,039 | 1,111 | - |
Mean birth weight ± SD | 2979±407 | 3069±444 | - |
Difference of mean birth weight (95% CI) | Reference | 84.8 (5.0, 164.5) | 0.0372 |
Proportion of low birth weight % (n) | 8.4 (87) | 6.8 (75) | - |
OR (95% CI)3 | Reference | 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) | 0.237 |
Wasting | |||
Number of observed children × year | 2,670 | 2,719 | - |
Number of children1 | 1,058 | 1,144 | - |
Cumulative episodes of WHZ <−2 | 490 | 495 | - |
Number of episodes of WHZ <−2 per child-year (95% CI)4 | 0.2 (0.2, 0.2) | 0.2 (0.2, 0.2) | - |
Incidence rate ratio (95% CI)5 | Reference | 1.0 (0.9, 1.2) | 0.747 |
Stunting | |||
Number of children1 | 1,055 | 1,143 | |
Prevalence at end point % (n) | 13.8 (146) | 13.6 (156) | - |
OR at end point (95% CI)6 | Reference | 1.0 (0.7, 1.4) | 0.898 |
1 Number of children that provided at least one follow-up measurement.
2 Estimates from a mixed-effects linear regression model with cluster pair as the random effect and intervention nested as a random slope, adjusted for women’s age, parity, education level, and household socioeconomic score
3 Estimates from a mixed-effects logistic regression model with cluster pair as the random effect and intervention nested as a random slope, adjusted for women’s age, parity, education level, and household socioeconomic score.
4 CI estimated from a Poisson regression model adjusted for clustering by health center catchment.
5 Computed using a generalized linear latent and mixed model, with cluster pair and child as random effects, adjusted for child’s age and sex, women’s age, parity, education level, and household socioeconomic score.
6 Computed using a mixed logistic model with cluster pair and child as random effects, adjusted for child’s age and sex, women’s age, parity, education level and household socioeconomic score.