Table 5.
Changes in hemoglobin (gm/dL) and weight (kg) over time.
| Variables | Lunch meAl | Non-Meal | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Endline | p | Baseline | Endline | p | Baseline | Endline | p | Baseline | Endline | p | |
| I (326) | I (306) | C (328) | C (328) | I (328) | I (328) | C (328) | C (328) | |||||
| Factory A | Factory B | Factory C | Factory D | |||||||||
| Hemoglobin (gm/dL), mean (SD) | 11.5 (1.5) | 12.2 (1.2) | <0.001 | 12.5 (1.4) | 12.1 (1.3) | 0.001 | 11.9 (1.3) | 12.1 (1.3) | NS | 12.3 (1.3) | 12.0 (1.4) | 0.04 |
| Weight in kg, mean (SD) | 52.2 (8.8) | 53.5 (8.9) | NS | 51.3 (8.1) | 53.1 (8.5) | <0.01 | 52.0 (9.3) | 52.9 (9.5) | NS | 52.8 (8.6) | 54.3 (8.8) | 0.03 |
Abbreviation: I: intervention; C: control; NS: p-values were not significant at 0.05 or 5% level. Continuous variables are presented by mean ± SD and categorical variables are presented as the percentage of participants (%).