Table 1.

Participant characteristics at the beginning of the study (n = 169)

Parameters	Values
Mean (SD) age	13.7 (0.6) months
Mean (SD) weight	9.0 (1.1) kg
Mean (SD) length	72.0 (2.7) cm
Mean (SD) MUAC	14.2 (1.1) cm
Mean (SD) head circumference	45.9 (1.6) cm
Proportion of boys	84/169 (49.7%)
Mean (SD) LAZ	–1.56 (0.83)
Mean (SD) WAZ	–1.44 (1.10)
Mean (SD) WLZ	0.08 (0.99)

MUAC, Mid‐upper‐arm circumference; LAZ, length‐for‐age z‐scores; WAZ, weight‐for‐age z‐scores; WLZ, weight‐for‐length z‐scores; SD, standard deviation.