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Table 5 The association between baseline Vitamin-D status and growth (6 months later) among children

From: Vitamin-D status and neurodevelopment and growth in young north Indian children: a secondary data analysis

 

Deficient

(Vitamin-D status

< 10 ng/ml)

n = 323

Non-Deficient

(Vitamin-D status

≥ 10 ng/ml)

n = 596

Adjusted β coefficient

(95% CI)a

Z scores: Mean(SD)

 HAZ

−1.69 (1.17)

−1.81 (1.12)

0.11 (−0.20 to 0.43)

 WHZ

−0.93 (0.97)

−0.95 (0.92)

0.20 (−0.05 to 0.46)

 WAZ

−1.55 (1.08)

−1.62 (1.00)

0.20 (−0.06 to 0.47)

   

Adjusted

OR (95% CI)a

 Stunted, n (%)

122 (37.8)

265 (44.5)

0.81 (0.61 to 1.07)

 Wasted, n (%)

45 (13.9)

67 (11.2)

1.35 (0.90 to 2.04)

 Underweight, n (%)

106 (32.8)

209 (35.1)

0.97 (0.72 to 1.29)

  1. aAdjusted for: age, sex, breastfeeding status, log transformed annual family income, family structure, mother’s years of schooling, father’s years of schooling, baseline level of vitamin B12, folate, anemia status at baseline, intervention group
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Nutrition Journal

ISSN: 1475-2891

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