Table 5 Changes in anthropometric and biochemical measures by intervention group¹

 Blood hemoglobin (g/dl)

11.42 ± 0.35

11.13 ± 0.52**

11.24 ± 0.44* ^{‡ c}

11.44 ± 0.37

10.92 ± 0.61**

10.81 ± 0.59** ^c

0.000**

0.02*

 Weight (kg)

7.57 ± 0.79

11.31 ± 0.95** ^b

12.04 ± 0.95** ^c

7.65 ± 0.72

10.69 ± 0.82** ^b

11.05 ± 0.80** ^c

0.000**

0.004*

 Length (cm)

66.20 ± 1.87

81.50 ± 2.56** ^b

84.16 ± 1.99** ^c

66.11 ± 1.92

79.93 ± 1.94** ^b

82.12 ± 1.69** ^c

0.000**

0.01*

 WAZ (z score)

−0.12 ± 0.92

0.51 ± 0.72** ^b

0.57 ± 0.65** ^c

0.01 ± 0.93

0.04 ± 0.75 ^b

−0.15 ± .0.70 ^c

0.000**

0.003*

 LAZ (z score)

−0.25 ± 0.85

−0.01 ± 0.92 ^b

− 0.21 ± 1.33 ^c

−0.28 ± 0.97

− 0.57 ± 0.81* ^b

−0.78 ± 0.66** ^c

0.001*

0.04*

 WLZ (z score)

0.11 ± 1.01

0.71 ± 0.80** ^b

1 ± 1.79* ^c

0.28 ± 1.25

0.42 ± 0.93 ^b

0.31 ± 0.88 ^c

0.001*

0.02*