Table 2 |
||||
|
Changes of anthropometric measurements prior to, at two and six months of treatment |
||||
|
Variables |
Groups |
|||
|
|
||||
|
Zinc |
Vitamin A |
Zinc+ Vit A |
Placebo |
|
|
|
||||
|
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD |
||||
|
0 month |
16.5 ± 2.2 |
16.5 ± 2.2 |
16.6 ± 2.1 |
16.4 ± 2.5 |
|
2 month |
17.7 ± 2.3‡ |
17.8 ± 2.2‡ |
17.7 ± 2.0‡ |
17.5 ± 2.4‡ |
|
6 month |
18.5 ± 2.22‡ |
18.1 ± 2.42‡ |
18.3 ± 2.02‡ |
18.4 ± 2.62‡ |
|
Increasing BMI from the baseline |
||||
|
(kg/m2), mean ± SD |
||||
|
0 to 6 month |
1.9 ± 1.3 |
1.7 ± 1.6 |
1.9 ± 1.5 |
2.0 ± 1.4 |
|
MUAC (cm), median (IQR) |
||||
|
0 month |
21.1 (19.8-23.1) |
21 (20-23) |
21.3(20-23.6) |
21.8(19-23.6) |
|
2 month |
23 (21-25)‡ |
22 (20.1-24.7)‡ |
23 (21-24)‡ |
23 (20.8-24.5)‡ |
|
6 month |
24 (22.5-25.1)‡ |
23.0 (21.8-25.0)‡ |
24.0 (22.0-25.3)‡ |
24 (22.5-26)‡ |
|
Body fat (%),mean ± SD |
||||
|
0 month |
11 ± 4.5 |
11 ± 6.2 |
10.8 ± 4.7 |
11.9 ± 5.9 |
|
2 month |
12.9 ± 5.0‡ |
13.3 ± 5.9‡ |
12.9 ± 5.1‡ |
14.2 ± 6.1‡ |
|
6 month |
14.5 ± 5.82‡ |
14.2 ± 6.42‡ |
14.2 ± 6.42‡ |
16.0 ± 6.32‡ |
|
|
||||
|
SD = standard deviation, IQR = interquartile range, significant changes from baseline, paired student-T ‡p < 0.001 |
||||
|
Pakasi et al. Nutrition Journal 2010 9:41 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-9-41 |
||||
