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. 2019 Sep 26;9:13919. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50344-4

Table 3.

Anthropometric measures adjusted by treatment and age in Nicaraguan and Malian Infants.

Indicator Nicaragua Mali
Control Rice Bran Control Rice Bran
n = 24a p-valueb n = 23a p-valueb n = 24a p-valueb n = 24a p-valueb
Length-for-age Z-score
Months
6 −0.03 (0.17) 0.8689 0.07 (0.27) <0.0001 −0.30 (0.35) 0.9165 −0.15 (0.30) 0.1111
8 −0.13 (0.14) 1.18 (0.26) −0.20 (0.23) 0.19 (0.25)
0.0098 0.0002 0.1609 0.6229
12 −0.73 (0.18) 0.35 (0.21) −0.58 (0.22) 0.01 (0.22)
Weight-for-age Z-score
Months
6 0.33 (0.22) 0.5648 0.27 (0.20) 0.3335 −0.65 (0.26) 0.4575 −0.64 (0.22) <0.0001
8 0.22 (0.23) 0.11 (0.20) −0.44 (0.23) −0.02 (0.21)
0.0558 0.9919 <0.0001 0.0175
12 −0.03 (0.20) 0.11 (0.18) −1.10 (0.24) −0.44 (0.21)
Weight-for-length Z-score
Months
6 0.53 (0.26) 0.8997 0.41 (0.20) <0.0001 −0.51 (0.19) 0.8419 −0.58 (0.21) 0.0141
8 0.44 (0.28) −0.54 (0.22) −0.36 (0.21) −0.05 (0.20)
0.9892 0.0569 <0.0001 0.0134
12 0.41 (0.22) −0.06 (0.18) −1.18 (0.24) −0.59 (0.22)

aMean (SEM). bAjusted p-value by repeated measures for each treatment and time point (6–8 and 8–12 months) LAZ: Length for Age Z-score, WAZ: Weight for Age Z-score, WLZ: Weight for Length Z-score.