Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of children
NF groups (Control) | WL groups | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study group n (%) | Total 410 (100) | NF 120 (29.3) | NF + C 85 (20.0) | WL 109 (26.6) | WL + C 96 (23.4) | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Sex | ||||||
Male | 205 (50.0) | 63 (62.5) | 45 (52.9) | 54 (49.5) | 43 (44.8) | .649 |
Female | 205 (50.0) | 57 (47.5) | 40 (47.1) | 55 (40.5) | 53 (55.3) | |
Age | ||||||
6–9 y old | 239 (58.3) | 67 (55.8) | 52 (61.2) | 61 (56.0) | 59 (61.5) | .746 |
10–13 y old | 171 (41.7) | 53 (44.2) | 33 (38.8) | 48 (44.0) | 37 (38.5) | |
School | ||||||
1 | 100 (24.4) | 35 (29.2) | 14 (16.5) | 31 (28.4) | 20 (20.8) | .294 |
2 | 240 (58.5) | 63 (2.5) | 55 (64.7) | 60 (55.1) | 62 (64.6) | |
3 | 70 (17.1) | 22 (18.3) | 16 (18.8) | 18 (16.5) | 14 (16.6) | |
Grade | ||||||
1–3 | 208 (50.7) | 61 (50.8) | 47 (55.3) | 52 (47.7) | 48 (50.0) | .770 |
4–6 | 202 (49.3) | 59 (49.2) | 38 (44.7) | 57 (52.3) | 48 (50.0) | |
Able to read | ||||||
Yes | 376 (91.7) | 109 (90.8) | 78 (91.8) | 100 (91.7) | 89 (92.7) | .970 |
No | 34 (8.3) | 11 (9.2) | 7 (8.2) | 9 (8.3) | 7 (7.3) | |