Table 3 |
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Differential change in haemoglobin, SF, TfR, and body iron during intervention in two intervention groups compared to the control group, from 4 multiple linear regression models |
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Intervention group |
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Outcome variables |
Iron fortification* |
p |
Iron supplementation* |
p |
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Haemoglobin (g/L)1 |
2.59 (-0.22 – 5.40) |
0.07 |
6.19 (3.42 – 8.96) |
0.001 |
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SF (μg/L)2 |
23.5 (6.82 – 40.25) |
0.006 |
117.3(100.86 – 133.64) |
0.001 |
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TfR (mg/L)3 |
-0.04 (-0.32 – 0.23) |
0.76 |
-0.51 (-0.78 – -0.24) |
0.001 |
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Body iron (mg/kg)4 |
1.37(0.85 – 1.89) |
0.001 |
4.37 (3.86 – 4.88) |
0.001 |
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1 Adjusted for Hb baseline, sex and age 2 Adjusted for SF baseline, sex and age 3 Adjusted for TfR baseline, sex and age 4 Adjusted for body iron baseline, sex and age * Regression coefficients (95% CI) |
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Thi Le et al. Nutrition Journal 2006 5:32 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-5-32 |
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