Table 1 Baseline characteristics of mothers and households (n = 1634) with different supplementation groups in the MINIMat trial study
Characteristics | Early invitation food supplementation N (%) | Usual invitation food supplementation n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fe30F | Fe60F | MMS | All | Fe30F | Fe60F | MMS | All | |
Age | ||||||||
< 20 years | 38/258 (14.7) | 43/291 (14.8) | 36/290 (12.4) | 117/839(13.9) | 36/260(13.8) | 34/275(12.4) | 47/260(18.1) | 117/795(14.7) |
20-29 years | 154/258 (59.7) | 162/291 (55.7) | 164/290 (56.6) | 480/839(57.2) | 146/260(56.2) | 163/275(59.3) | 147/260(56.5) | 456/795(57.4) |
≥ 30 years | 66/258 (25.6) | 86/291 (29.6) | 90/290 (31.0) | 242/839(28.8) | 78/260(30.0) | 78/275(28.4) | 66/260(25.4) | 222/795(27.9) |
BMI at 8 week (kg/m2) | ||||||||
< 18.5 | 68/256 (26.6) | 81/290 (27.9) | 80/289 (27.7) | 229/835(27.4) | 78/260(30.0) | 76/274(27.7) | 66/260(25.4) | 220/794(27.7) |
≥ 18.5 | 188/256 (73.4) | 209/290 (72.1) | 209/289 (72.3) | 606/835(72.6) | 182/260(70.0) | 198/274(72.3) | 194/260(74.6) | 574/794(72.3) |
Education | ||||||||
No Education | 78/258 (30.2) | 85/291 (29.2) | 104/290 (35.9) | 267/839(31.8) | 79/260(30.4) | 97/275(35.3) | 75/260(28.8) | 251/795(31.6) |
Education (read or write) | 180/258 (69.8) | 206/291 (70.8) | 186/290 (64.1) | 572/839(68.2) | 181/260(69.6) | 178/275(64.7) | 185/260(71.2) | 544/795(68.4) |
Parity | ||||||||
1 | 73/182 (40.1) | 71/204 (34.8) | 89/219 (40.6) | 233/605(38.5) | 76/190(40.0) | 73/208(35.1) | 77/178(43.3) | 226/576(39.2) |
2 | 61/182 (33.5) | 77/204 (37.7) | 61/219 (27.9) | 199/605(32.9) | 59/190(31.1) | 79/208(38.0) | 56/178(31.5) | 194/576(33.7) |
3 or more | 48/182 (26.4) | 56/204 (27.5) | 69/219 (31.5) | 173/605(28.6) | 55/190(28.9) | 56/208(26.9) | 45/178(25.3) | 156/576(27.1) |
Gestational age | ||||||||
< 37 weeks | 14/258 (5.4) | 17/291 (5.8) | 20/290 (6.9) | 51/839(6.1) | 19/260(7.3) | 16/275(5.8) | 12/260(4.6) | 47/795(5.9) |
≥ 37 weeks | 244/258 (94.6) | 274/291 (94.2) | 270/290 (93.1) | 788/839(93.9) | 241/260(92.7) | 259/275(94.2) | 248/260(95.4) | 748/795(94.1) |
Household | ||||||||
Socioeconomic status: quintiles | ||||||||
Q1+Q2 | 103/258 (39.9) | 115/291 (39.5) | 129/290 (44.5) | 347/839(41.4) | 103/260(39.6) | 118/275(42.9) | 106/260(40.8) | 327/795(41.1) |
Q3 | 65/258 (25.2) | 57/291 (19.6) | 57/290 (19.7) | 179/839(21.3) | 47/260(18.1) | 57/275(20.7) | 52/260(20.0) | 156/795(19.6) |
Q4+Q5 | 90/258 (34.9) | 119/291 (40.9) | 104/290 (35.9) | 313/839(37.3) | 110/260(42.3) | 100/275(36.4) | 102/260(39.2) | 312/795(39.2) |