Table 3.
Indicator | Nicaragua | Mali | ||||||
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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.