Table 4.
Descriptive statistics and analysis of child development at 36 months of age by treatment group, with an adjusted model for differences between group means (n=1017)
| Developmental domain | Values* 6 months |
Values* 36 months |
Unadjusted model effect† (95% CI) |
Adjusted model effect †,‡ (95% CI) |
| Cognitive | ||||
| Daily IFA | 100.2 [11.4] | 96.3 [6.7] | Reference | Reference |
| Twice-weekly IFA | 102.1 [10.9] | 96.2 [4.8] | −0.15 (−1.16 to 0.86) | −0.19 (−1.20 to 0.82) |
| Twice-weekly MMN | 100.9 [9.9] | 96.1 [5.5] | −0.28 (−1.27 to 0.70) | −0.26 (−1.24 to 0.72) |
| Language | ||||
| Daily IFA | 94.0 [8.0] | 105.5 [9.2] | Reference | Reference |
| Twice-weekly IFA | 94.8 [8.2] | 104.2 [8.5] | −1.38 (−3.36 to 0.59) | −1.32 (−3.24 to 0.60) |
| Twice-weekly MMN | 94.8 [7.7] | 104.5 [8.2] | −1.04 (−2.76 to 0.68) | 0.98 (−2.68 to 0.71) |
| Motor | ||||
| Daily IFA | 112.3 [18.2] | 110.8 [11.9] | Reference | Reference |
| Twice-weekly IFA | 113.4 [18.9] | 109.5 [10.6] | −1.33 (−3.56 to 0.90) | −1.44 (−3.65 to 0.77) |
| Twice-weekly MMN | 112.5 [18.4] | 108.9 [10.6] | −2.06 (−4.16 to 0.04) | −2.07§ (−4.11 to −0.03) |
*Data are mean [SD].
†Effect is difference in means.
‡Adjusted for maternal age, parity, maternal education, maternal body mass index and clustering.
§p<0.05.
IFA, iron-folic acid; MMN, multiple micronutrient.