Table 2 Neonatal vitamin A supplementation (VAS) and anthropometric measurements at 6 months by 2 months DTP-status
All | Boys | Girls | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | VAS | Placebo | Difference* (CI: 95%) | N | VAS | Placebo | Difference* (CI: 95%) | N | VAS | Placebo | Difference* (CI: 95%) | |
Weight-for-age at 6 months, z-score | ||||||||||||
DTP at 2 months | 715 | −1.24 | −1.23 | −0.02 (−0.16; 0.10) | 336 | −1.39 | −1.31 | −0.05 (−0.25; 0.14) | 379 | −1.11 | −1.15 | −0.01 (−0.19; 0.18) |
No DTP at 2 months | 380 | −1.67 | −1.71 | 0.18 (0.00; 0.36) | 154 | −1.64 | −2.14 | 0.52 (0.24; 0.81) | 226 | −1.68 | −1.39 | −0.06 (−0.30; 0.18) |
Length-for-age at 6 months, z-score | ||||||||||||
DTP at 2 months | 724 | −1.69 | −1.71 | 0.06 (−0.09; 0.22) | 343 | −1.95 | −1.83 | −0.08 (−0.32; 0.14) | 381 | −1.45 | −1.59 | 0.20 (−0.02; 0.41) |
No DTP at 2 months | 387 | −2.13 | −2.02 | 0.03 (−0.19; 0.24) | 160 | −2.35 | −2.30 | 0.08 (−0.25; 0.41) | 227 | −1.99 | −1.81 | −0.02 (−0.30; 0.26) |
Head circumference-for-age at 6 months, z-score | ||||||||||||
DTP at 2 months | 723 | −0.60 | −0.56 | −0.08 (−0.24; 0.07) | 340 | −0.70 | −0.59 | −0.13 (−0.35: 0.10) | 383 | −0.52 | −0.54 | −0.04 (−0.25; 0.17) |
No DTP at 2 months | 385 | −0.61 | −0.79 | 0.27 (0.06; 0.48) | 160 | −0.83 | −0.87 | 0.08 (−0.24; 0.41) | 225 | −0.47 | −0.73 | 0.40 (0.12; 0.68) |