Table 2.

Adherence comparisons by supplementation group and pregnancy or post‐partum stage

Adherence definition	LNS‐PL			IFA		P *
	Pregnancy	Early lactation	Late lactation	Pregnancy	Early lactation
N	73	72	72	71	72
Self‐reported adherence† [mean ± SD; median (IQR)]	4.8 ± 3.0	4.9 ± 3.1	5.2 ± 2.6	5.9 ± 1.8	3.0 ± 1.8	0.12¶¶
	6 (3–7)	6 (3–7)	7 (5–7)	7 (5–7)	3 (2–4)
Percent of supplements consumed‡ (Mean)	68.7	70.2	74.4	84.9	85.9
Adherence as recommended§ (%)	45	42	53	56	58	0.30
Non‐adherence¶, ** (%)	22	21	17	6	19	0.19
Low‐adherence†† (%)	11	11	3	7	10	0.39
High‐adherence‡‡, §§ (%)	67A	68A	81A	87A	71A	0.044

LNS‐PL, lipid‐based nutrient supplement for pregnant and lactating women; IFA, iron/folic acid tablet; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.

^* P value calculated using mixed binary logistic regression or mixed multinomial logistic regression models, accounting for design effect and adjusted for multiple comparisons.

^† Reported number of times supplement was consumed in the past week.

^‡ Percent out of 7 or 3.5 (IFA in lactation) reportedly consumed in the previous week.

^§ Prevalence of reported consumption of 7 or 3‐4 (IFA in lactation) supplements in the previous week.

^¶ Prevalence of women who reported consuming zero supplements in the previous week.

^** In individual comparisons, there were significant differences between IFA pregnancy vs. early lactation (P = 0.026) and LNS‐PL vs. IFA in pregnancy (P = 0.039).

^†† Prevalence of reported consumption <70% and >0% of recommended supplements/week.

^‡‡ Prevalence of reported consumption ≥70% of recommended supplements/week.

^§§ In pairwise comparisons, there were significant differences between IFA pregnancy vs. early lactation (P = 0.023) and LNS‐PL vs. IFA in pregnancy (P = 0.015).

^¶¶ Adherence is treated as a multinomial variable.