Table 1.
Comparison of mean quantitative variables at baseline and after the completion of intervention (6 month).
| Variables | Baseline |
After 6 month |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control mean ± SD | Intervention mean ± SD | P value | Control mean ± SD | Intervention mean ± SD | P value | |
| Age (month) | 16.3 ± 5.1 | 15.5 ± 5.3 | 0.1 | 22.2 ± 5.2 | 21.4 ± 5.2 | 0.1 |
| Length (cm) | 79.0 ± 5.52 | 78.4 ± 6.18 | 0.1 | 84.1 ± 5.5 | 84.2 ± 6.1 | 0.8 |
| Weight (kg) | 10.2 ± 1.6 | 9.8 ± 1.7 | 0.002 | 11.6 ± 1.7 | 11.2 ± 1.8 | 0.002 |
| HAZ1 | -0.18 ± 1.1 | -0.03 ± 1.1 | 0.1 | -0.31 ± 1.1 | -0.05 ± 1.2 | 0.008 |
| WAZ2 | -0.09 ± 0.99 | -0.25 ± 0.99 | 0.053 | 0.02 ± 1.0 | -0.17 ± 1.0 | 0.01 |
| Length difference | NA | NA | NA | 5.23 ± 2.19 | 5.79 ± 2.18 | 0.02 |
| Difference in HAZ | NA | NA | NA | -0.13 ± 0.78 | -0.01 ± 0.89 | 0.1 |
| Difference in WAZ | NA | NA | NA | 0.12 ± 0.56 | 0.08 ± 0.53 | 0.5 |
Mean values and standard deviations; difference in mean values and 95 % confidence intervals. NA: Not applicable
1
Z score of length for age.
2
Z score of weight for age.