Table 3.
Nutrients intake | Intervention village | Control village N = 100 |
P value of Z test | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre- intervention N = 100 | Post- intervention N = 100 | ||||||
Mean ± S D | % DRIs | Mean ± S D | % DRIs | Mean ± S D | % DRIs | ||
Energy (Cal) | 776.81 ± 35.21 | 59.75% | 886.71 ± 39.46 | 68.20% | 765.79 ± 37.13 | 58.37% |
0.001a** 0.001b** |
Protein % (10–30% of total Calories) | 7.75% | 8.86% | 6.75% | ||||
Fat (25–35% of Total Calories) | 15.76 | 26.06% | 14.57% | ||||
Carbohydrate (45–65% of Total Calories) | 76.49% | 65.08% | 78.68% | ||||
Vitamin A (µg) | 258.74 ± 61.20 | 86.24% | 264.50 ± 83.19 | 88.17% | 220.70 ± 40.12 | 73.57% |
0.578a 0.001b** |
Vitamin D (µg) | 7.85 ± 1.23 | 52.33% | 9.95 ± 1.41 | 66.33% | 6.01 ± 1.22 | 40.07% |
0.001a** 0.001b** |
Vitamin C (mg) | 6.04 ± 2.62 | 40.67% | 10.94 ± 2.62 | 72.93%% | 5.39 ± 1.03 | 35.93% |
0.001a** 0.001b** |
Thiamin (mg) | 0.53 ± 0.24 | 106% | 0.54 ± 0.38 | 108% | 0.35 ± 0.38 | 70% |
0.824a 0.001b** |
Riboflavin (mg) | 0.54 ± 0.21 | 108% | 0.56 ± 0.23 | 112% | 0.33 ± 0.23 | 66% |
0.522a 0.001b** |
Niacin (mg) | 7.18 ± 1.02 | 119% | 7.22 ± 1.12 | 120% | 4.42 ± 1.12 | 73.67% |
0.792a 0.001b** |
Folic acid (µg) | 132.10 ± 3.24 | 88.10% | 136.12 ± 5.28 | 90.74% | 116.02 ± 3.31 | 77.35% |
0.001a** 0.001b** |
Vitamin B6 (mg) | 0.56 ± 0.32 | 112% | 0.57 ± 0.42 | 114.0% | 0.30 ± 0.47 | 60% |
0.850a 0.001b** |
Vitamin B12 (µg) | 0.75 ± 0.24 | 83.33% | 0.87 ± 0.27 | 96.67% | 0.57 ± 0.18 | 63.33% |
0.001a** 0.001b** |
Calcium (mg) | 537.88 ± 21.11 | 76.84% | 594.97 ± 32.41 | 84.99% | 478.11 ± 30.43 | 68.30% |
0.001a** 0.001b** |
Iron (mg) | 5.19 ± 1.62 | 74.14% | 6.39 ± 1.62 | 91.29% | 4.01 ± 1.20 | 57.29% |
0.001a** 0.001b** |
Zinc (mg) | 2.08 ± 1.51 | 69.33% | 2.61 ± 1.31 | 87.0% | 2.01 ± 1.20 | 67% |
0.001a** 0.001b** |
aP value between before and after interventions, bP value between after interventions and control
*significant < 0.05, **highly significant < 0.01