Table 1 Baseline characteristics of vitamin-D deficient and non-deficient children aged 6–30 months included in the analysis
Characteristics | n = 1000 | |
|---|---|---|
Number of children for whom samples for vitamin-D were available at baseline | 960 (96.0%) | |
Proportion of children | ||
Deficient (< 10 ng/ml) | 331 (34.5) | |
Non-deficient (≥ 10 ng/ml) | 629 (65.5) | |
Deficient | Non-deficient | |
n = 331 | n = 629 | |
Infant characteristics | ||
Age at enrollment, months (mean, SD) | 16.9 (7.1) | 15.8 (7.0) |
Boys | 162 (48.9) | 328 (52.2) |
Ever breastfed | 325 (98.2) | 622 (98.9) |
Anemia (Hb < 11 g/dl) | 244 (73.7) | 424 (67.4) |
Folate, nmol/L (Median, IQR) | 9.1 (6.1 to 16.7) | 12.5 (6.9 to 21.8) |
Vitamin B12, pmol/L (Median, IQR) | 266 (181 to 406) | 266 (172 to 410) |
Socio-demographic characteristics | ||
Mother’s age, years (Mean, SD) | 26.3 (5.8) | 25.6 (4.1) |
Mother’s schooling, years (Median, IQR) | 8 (5,10) | 7 (0,10) |
Literate mother | 257 (77.6) | 466 (74.1) |
Father’s schooling, years (Median, IQR) | 10 (7,12) | 9 (6,12) |
Annual family income, US dollar(Median, IQR)a | 1108 (923to 2215) | 1292 (923 to2123) |