Table 2.
Characteristics of infants in baseline
| Variable | Groups | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 (vitamin & mineral+ counselling) | Group 2 (Shadameen + vitamin& mineral) | p-value | |
| Maternal education level [n ( %) low literacy] | 10 (28.5) | 14(40) | 0.53 |
| Mather employed [n (%)] | 3 (8.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.24 |
| Father employed [n (%)] | 29 (82.8) | 32 (91.4) | 0.46 |
| Family income (10000 Rials) | 935±55 | 922±43 | 0.94 |
| No. of children | 1.64±0.69 | 1.71±0.71 | 0.64a |
| Eating mothers milk Up to now [n (%)] | 31 (88.5) | 28(80) | 0.51 |
| Appetite [n (%) low appetite] | 29 (82.8) | 31 (88.5) | 0.71 |
| Infants sex [n (%) female] | 23 (65.7) | 20 (57.1) | 0.46 |
| Infants age (mean) | 13.40±3.34 | 12.80±3.38 | 0.54a |
| Infants weigh at the beginning of study | 7.20±0.62 | 7.05±0.64 | 0.31 |
| Infants length at the beginning of study | 71.83±3.57 | 70.92±3.32 | 0.27 |
| Infants WLZ score at the beginning of Study | −2.10±0.077 | −2.12±0.13 | 0.26a |
| Infants WAZ score at the beginning of study | −2.43±0.27 | −2.5±0.26 | 0.24 |
| Infants LAZ score at the beginning of study | −1.78±0.49 | −1.86±0.43 | 0.46 |
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