Table 5.

Language scores in four treatment groups with differences in scores showing effects of treatment

Treatment	Final language score*	Difference in score†
Placebo iron and placebo mebendazole (n=85)	13.1 (12.7 to 13.9)
Mebendazole (n=85)	13.5 (12.6 to 14.4)
Iron (n=94)	14.0 (13.2 to 14.8)
Mebendazole and iron (n=85)	14.2 (13.4 to 15.0)
Effect of iron v no iron		0.8 (0.2 to 1.4)
Effect of mebendazole v no mebendazole		0.3 (−0.3 to 0.9)

^*Adjusted for age, haemoglobin, sex, baseline language score, weight for height z score, height for age z score, and presence of ⩾5000 malaria parasites/μl blood. 

^†From multivariate model described above using general estimating equations.