Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants

(Mean values and standard deviations; numbers and percentages)

			During intervention				After intervention
	All children (n 162)		Yellow cassava (n 82)		White cassava (n 80)		Yellow cassava (n 78)		White cassava (n 80)
Characteristic	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd
Female
n	68		35		33		33		34
%	42		43		41		42		43
Age (years)	4·1	1·0	4·1	1·03	4·1	0·90	4·4	1·07	4·5	1·0
Weight (kg)	14·38	2·06	14·38	2·13	14·38	2·0	14·9	2·11	14·8	1·93
Height (cm)	98·17	7·56	97·97	7·65	98·36	7·52	101	7·3	101	7·7
Weight-for-height z-score	−0·44	0·84	−0·52	0·84	−0·35	0·83	−0·72	0·80	−0·57	0·96
Weight-for-age z-score	−1·08	0·96	−1·05	0·93	−1·10	0·99	−1·12	0·93	−1·21	0·94
Height-for-age z-score	−1·29	1·31	−1·19	1·26	−1·39	1·37	−1·08	1·24	−1·28	1·36