Table 3 |
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Effects of prenatal food and micronutrient supplementations on linear growth (16 anthropometric assessments) from birth to 54 months of age |
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Randomized intervention |
n |
HAZ mean (95% CI) |
P-value1 |
Stunting, mean% (95% CI) |
P-value1 |
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Food supplementation |
Early invitation (E) |
839 |
-1.52 (-1.58, -1.46)2 |
0.07 |
30.8 (28.5-33.1)4 |
0.01 |
|
Usual invitation (U) |
795 |
-1.60 (-1.66, -1.54) |
35.3 (32.9-37.7) |
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Micronutrient supplementation |
Fe30F |
518 |
-1.51 (-1.59, -1.44) |
0.09 |
31.8 (28.8-34.7) |
0.04 |
|
Fe60F |
566 |
-1.55 (-1.62, -1.48) |
31.3 (28.5-34.1) |
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MMS |
550 |
-1.63 (-1.70, -1.55)3 |
36.1 (33.3-39.0)5,6 |
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Interaction Food*Micronutrients |
E-Fe30F |
258 |
-1.47(-1.58, -1.36) |
0.99 |
29.9 (25.7-34.1) |
0.94 |
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E-Fe60F |
291 |
-1.51 (-1.61, -1.41) |
28.7 (24.7-32.6) |
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E-MMS |
290 |
-1.59 (-1.69, -1.49) |
33.9 (29.9-37.8) |
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U-Fe30F |
260 |
-1.55 (-1.66, -1.44) |
33.6 (29.5-37.8) |
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U-Fe60F |
275 |
-1.59 (-1.69, -1.48) |
33.9 (29.9-38.0) |
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U-MMS |
260 |
-1.67 (-1.78, -1.56) |
38.4 (34.2-42.6) |
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General lineal models, repeated-measures analyses, n = 1634. Abbreviations: HAZ = Height for Age Z-score; Fe30F = 30 mg iron and 400 μg of folic acid; Fe60F = 60 mg iron and 400 μg of folic acid; MMS = multiple micronutrients, 15 micronutrients including 30 mg iron and 400 μg of folic acid;1 Test of between-subjects effects;2Pairwise comparison with usual invitation, P = 0.07;3Pairwise comparison with Fe30F, P = 0.03;4 Pairwise comparison with usual invitation; P = 0.015Pairwise comparison with Fe30F, P = 0.04;6Pairwise comparison with Fe60F, P = 0.02 |
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Khan et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:134 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-134 |
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