Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study participants.
| Characteristic | Single treatment n = 199 |
Repeated treatments n = 184 |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, female (%) | 102 (51.26) | 100 (54.35) | 0.545∗ |
| Mean age (95% CI) | 11.05 (10.73–11.37) | 11.14 (10.82–11.46) | 0.6923∗∗ |
| Mean Hb (95% CI) | 11.51 (11.32–11.70) | 11.75 (11.60–11.91) | 0.055∗∗ |
| GMI (95% CI), epg | 152.98 (127.40–183.70) | 203.00 (167.81–245.56) | 0.035∗∗ |
| AMI (95% CI), epg | 344.71 (261.13–428.30) | 456.29 (341.32–571.26) | 0.047† |
| Mean height (cm) (95% CI) | 134.55 (133.15–135.96) | 134.57 (133.17–135.97) | 0.9880∗∗ |
| Mean weight (kg) (95% CI) | 28.71 (27.87–29.54) | 28.66 (27.80–29.51) | 0.9316∗∗ |
Note: ∗chi-square test; ∗∗Student's t-test; †Mann–Whitney U test.