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. 2022 Dec 1;22:689. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03741-0

Table 3.

Impact of C4D interventions on the mean change of the nutrients intake and their percent of Daily Recommended Intake(DRI) for 1-2 years infants

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