Table 6.

Mean (SD) of anthropometric characteristics for intervention and control group at baseline

	n	Intervention	n	Control	p
		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD	(t test)
Age
Age in years	29	8.2 ± 1.8	29	8.7 ± 1.9	0.259
Nutritional status
Weight (kg)	29	22.8 ± 5.5	29	24.8 ± 5.7	0.177
Height (cm)	29	123.0 ± 10.0	29	126.8 ± 11.1	0.174
WAZ	26	− 1.4 ± 0.9	29	− 1.3 ± 0.8	0.611
HAZ	26	− 1.2 ± 1.0	29	− 1.1 ± 0.8	0.739
BAZ	26	− 0.9 ± 0.7	29	− 0.7 ± 0.8	0.549

Date of birth was not confirmed for three rural children and nutritional status was not calculated

WAZ weight-for-age z-score, HAZ: height-for-age z-score, BAZ body mass index-for-age z-score