Table 4.
Nutrient intake from complementary foods in the infants of the intervention group (IC) and in the static cross-sectional control group (CG) at 12 months of age using 24-h food recall
(Mean values and standard deviations; geometric mean and –1 standard deviation and +1 standard deviation)
| Nutrient | IC (n 64) | CG (n 80) | P * | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geometric mean | –1 sd, +1 sd | Geometric mean | –1 sd, +1 sd | ||||
| Total fat (g/d) | 8·0 | 4·5, 14·0 | 3·1 | 0·9, 10·3 | <0·001 | ||
| Linoleic acid (g/d) | 3·9 | 1·4, 11·0 | 1·2 | 0·1, 12·7 | <0·001 | ||
| α-Linolenic acid (mg/d) | 86·8 | 16·5, 455·6 | 7·5 | 1·1, 53·0 | <0·001 | ||
| Carbohydrate (g/d) | |||||||
| Mean | 66·0 | 69·5 | 0·420 | ||||
| sd | 23·9 | 27·7 | |||||
| Protein (g/d) | |||||||
| Mean | 18·1 | 17·4 | 0·590 | ||||
| sd | 7·1 | 10·0 | |||||
| Fe (mg/d) | 4·6 | 3·4, 6·3 | 1·5 | 0·3, 6·8 | <0·001 | ||
| Zn (mg/d) | 2·0 | 1·2, 3·4 | 1·2 | 0·4, 3·1 | <0·001 | ||
| Cu (mg/d) | 0·3 | 0·2, 0·5 | 0·2 | 0·1, 0·6 | 0·002 | ||
| Mg (mg/d) | 42·7 | 23·6, 77·2 | 8·5 | 2·1, 35·4 | <0·001 | ||
| Vitamin A (µg/d) | 209·6 | 153·3, 286·6 | 30·2 | 2·3, 389·9 | <0·001 | ||
| Vitamin B12 (µg/d) | 0·18 | 0·01, 2·21 | 0·08 | 0·01, 0·72 | 0·053 | ||
| Folate (µg/d) | 18·7 | 1·5, 236·9 | 34·4 | 3·5, 334·8 | 0·137 | ||
| Vitamin C (mg/d) | 24·0 | 14·3, 40·2 | 2·4 | 0·6, 9·1 | <0·001 | ||
| Vitamin D (µg/d) | 10·5 | 3·4, 32·1 | 6·4 | 0·9, 44·3 | 0·060 | ||
*
P value from independent t test.