Table 1.
Participant characteristics according to supplementation groups
| Characteristics | IFAa n (%) |
MMNb n (%) |
LNSc n (%) |
P valued |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of children | 145 (33.6) |
140 (32.4) |
147 (34.0) |
0.87 |
| Male | 69 (47.6) |
61 (43.6) |
77 (52.4) |
0.32 |
| Parasitaemia by microscopy at 6 months | 12 (8.3) |
5 (3.6) |
5 (3.4) |
0.10 |
| Parasitaemia by RDTe at 6 months | 11 (7.6) |
10 (7.1) |
10 (6.8) |
0.97 |
| Haemoglobin level at 6 months, mean ± SD, g/l | 102.7 ± 16.7 | 103.6 ± 16.0 | 103.7 ± 14.7 | 0.74 |
| Anaemiaf at 6 months | 86 (59.3) |
81 (57.9) |
84 (57.1) |
0.93 |
| Low socioeconomic status | 95 (65.5) |
75 (53.6) |
81 (55.1) |
0.08 |
| Mother’s education below median | 79 (54.5) |
66 (47.1) |
80 (54.4) |
0.34 |
aIron and folic acid supplementation
bMultiple micronutrient supplementation
cLipid-based nutrient supplements
dP value obtained by Kruskal–Wallis test (continuous variables) or Chi square test
eRapid diagnostic test
fAnaemia defined as haemoglobin level < 110 g/l (World Health Organization [1])