Efficacy of different strategies to treat anemia in children: a randomized clinical trial

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Characteristics of subjects at baseline in each experimental group

Characteristics	IS	IFS	MMS	FW	FCF
N	40	42	36	48	51
Age (m)	20.3 ± 9.4	20.8 ± 8.9	23.6 ± 9.1	22.4 ± 9.5	21.8 ± 8.9
Boys	42.5	47.6	47.2	52.1	52.9
Ferritin < 7 μg/L	50	31.6	56.3	30.4	44.9
Iron < 50 μg/dL	14.3	11.4	3.3	6.7	16.7
Height for age < -2SD	32.5	19	20	27.1	17.6
Weight for height < -2SD	2.5	7.1	0	4.2	0
Weight for age < -2SD	2.5	0	0	0	0

Values are % or mean ± SD. There were no significant differences among treatments with Chi square or ANOVA.
Treatment abbreviations: Iron supplement (IS), iron plus folic acid supplement (IFS), multiple micronutrients supplement (MMS), micronutrient fortified complementary food as porridge powder (FCF), or zinc, iron and ascorbic acid fortified water (FW).
There are no significant differences among treatment groups with ANOVA or Chi Square tests.

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