Table 2.

Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of moderately stunted school-age children at baseline¹

	Chickpea	Yellow pea
Variables	(n = 14)	(n = 14)	P
Girls, n (%)	8 (57)	10 (71)	0.45
Age, y	8.4 ± 0.9	8.7 ± 0.7	0.32
Hemoglobin, g/dL	12.7 ± 0.8	12.2 ± 1.5	0.24
Height, cm	118.6 ± 4.8	118.7 ± 4.7	0.94
Weight, kg	19.0 ± 2.3	19.1 ± 2.7	0.91
Weight-for-age (z score)	−2.5 ± 0.6	−2.5 ± 0.9	0.91
Height-for-age (z score)	−2.0 ± 0.4	−2.0 ± 0.5	0.65
Plasma kynurenine: tryptophan ratio2	0.7 ± 0.1	0.6 ± 0.1	0.08

¹Values are means ± SDs and P value by t test.

²Chickpea group, n = 10.