Table 4.
Proportion of Nutrient Intake from MF at Baseline and End of Study
| Nutrients | < 18 years | ≥18 years | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Responders | Non-responders | Responders | Non-responders | |||||
| Mean % (sd) BL/End |
P valuea (change) | Mean % (sd) BL/End |
P valuea (change) | Mean % (sd) BL/End |
P valuea (change) | Mean % (sd) BL/End |
P valuea (change) | |
| Calories from MFb | 21.3 (16.4)/ 4.7 (6.0) | 0.008 | 36.1 (10.2)/ 27.0 (20.1) | 0.25 | 19.5 (14.1)/ 4.0 (9.0) | 0.06 | 23.5 (18.3)/ 30.1 (29.6) | 0.81 |
| Vitamin B6 | 38.63 (31.0)/ 12.3 (16.6)) | 0.02 | 69.6 (11.6)/ 55.7 (34.8) | 0.46 | 25.4 (26.9)/9.4 (21.2) | 0.43 | 44.7 (33.6)/ 50.7 (37.7) | 0.63 |
| Vitamin B12 | 47.1 (38.2)/ 22.2 (30.7) | 0.02 | 87.4 (11.1)/ 69.6 (43.7) | 0.64 | 47.1 (41.4)/ 13.1 (31.1) | 0.13 | 62.3 (45.1)/ 61.9 (40.5) | 1.0 |
| Folate | 46.7 (36.3)/ 15.9 (21.1) | 0.02 | 76.5 (13.2)/ 62.1 (39.3) | 0.38 | 40.2 (35.8)/11.1 (24.4) | 0.13 | 49.5 (36.6)/ 56.8 (40.9) | 1.0 |
| Iron | 43.2 (34.4)/ 13.1 (16.0) | 0.02 | 74.1 (12.3)/ 59.3 (37.3) | 0.38 | 42.1 (34.9)/ 11.8 (26.1) | 0.13 | 46.6 (35.2)/ 57.8 (39.9) | 1.0 |
BL baseline, MF medical food, sd standard deviation, a p value for change over time obtained from signed rank test, α = 0.05
b Combines primary and secondary MF in calculation of % intake from MF