Table 2 |
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Biochemical and haematological measurements at baseline and at 6 months of supplementation by intervention group |
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Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation group (n = 104) |
Comparative 'standard of care' multivitamins group (n = 110) |
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Measurement |
Median (IQR) |
P-value |
Median (IQR) |
p-value |
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Vitamin B12 (pmol/L) |
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Baseline |
285.5 (216.5 - 371.8) |
<0.001 |
280.0 (211.5 - 386.3) |
0.78 |
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6 months |
401.5 (264.3 - 518.8) |
288.5 (198.8 - 391.0) |
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Change |
90.5 (-0.8 - 203.5) |
10.0 (-73.8 - 83.8) |
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Folate (nmol/L) |
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Baseline |
17.3 (13.5 - 26.6) |
<0.001 |
15.7 (11.9 - 22.1) |
0.44 |
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6 months |
27.7 (21.1 - 33.4) |
16.5 (11.7 - 22.1) |
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Change |
8.0 (-0.3 - 17.1) |
-0.6 (-3.5 - 5.8) |
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Haemoglobin (g/dl) |
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Baseline |
10.0 (8.7 - 11.2) |
0.04 |
9.8 (8.8 - 11.2) |
<0.001 |
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6 months |
10.9 (9.4 - 11.7) |
10.6 (9.6 - 11.7) |
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Change |
0.3 (-0.4 - 0.9) |
0.6 (-0.2 - 1.4) |
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CD4+ count (cells/μL) |
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Baseline |
1201 (822 - 1556) |
0.16 |
1033 (728 - 1406) |
0.52 |
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6 months |
1039 (725 - 1358) |
1043 (704 - 1484) |
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Change |
-137 (-348 - 254) |
35 (-278 - 352) |
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Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test was used to measure the difference between baseline and 6 months. |
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Ndeezi et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:56 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-56 |
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