Table 4.
Impact of C4D interventions on infants’ growth indices along one year of follow up
| Variables | Pre intervention (N = 180)a (Male = 72) (Female = 108) |
post intervention (N = 180)a (Male = 72) (Female = 108) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAZ Underweight | |||
| Male | 13 18.1% | 1216.7% | NS |
| Female | 40 37.0% | 1816.7% | < 0.01** |
| Total | 53 29.4% | 3016.7% | < 0.01** |
| HAZ Stunting | |||
| Male | 11.4% | 6 8.3% | NS |
| Female | 3 2.8% | 0 0% | |
| Total | 4 2.2% | 6 3.3% | NS |
| WHZ | |||
| Wasting | |||
| Male | 56.9% | 00% | |
| Female | 21.9% | 00% | |
| Total | 73.9% | 00% | |
| Overweight | |||
| Male | 2737.5% | 2433.3% | NS |
| Female | 3431.5% | 1211.1% | 0.003** |
| Total | 6133.8% | 3620.0% | NS |
| Obese | |||
| Male | 1216.6% | 00% | |
| Female | 13 12.0% | 00% | |
| Total | 2513.9% | 00% | |
| Mean ± SD | Mean + SD | ||
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 8.60 ± 8.75 | 8.32 ± 8.52 | 0.237 |
| BMI percentiles | 72.66 ± 35.20 | 72.54 ± 31.34 | 0.986 |
| FFM | 10.16 ± 4.92 | 13.29 ± 2.79 | 0.003** |
| FM | 5.47 ± 4.23 | 3.21 ± 1.47 | 0.009** |
| Fat% | 32.36 ± 14.80 | 19.89 ± 6.77 | 0.000** |
| TBW | 10.15 ± 6.49 | 14.99 ± 7.06 | 0.022* |
aThe only Data included for the analysis were for mothers who completed their attendance for the activation process and their nfants included prior to and after the intervention (180 infants out of 301 infants)
*significant < 0.05, **highly significant < 0.01, ¤ the tests are not conducted due to small sample sizes
HAZ Height-for-age Z score, FFM Fat free mass, WHZ Weight-for- Height Z score, TBW Total body water