Table 1 Effect of an early MV on anthropometric measures at 9 and 24 months of age1
All | Boys | Girls | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Early MV | MV | Difference1 (CI: 95%) | Early MV | MV | Difference1 (CI: 95%) | Early MV | MV 9 | Difference1 (CI: 95%) | |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (n) | Mean (n) | ||||
ALL 9 MONTHS OF AGE | |||||||||
1960 | 3666 | 998 | 1826 | 962 | 1840 | ||||
WAZ (weight-for-age, z-score) | −0.31(1.19) | −0.33(1.16) | 0.01(−0.03;0.04) | −0.40(1.21) | −0.34(1.19) | −0.02(−0.07;0.04) | −0.22(1.16) | −0.31(1.13) | 0.03(−0.02;0.08) |
LAZ (length-for-age, z-score) | −0.53(1.25) | −0.52(1.22) | −0.01(−0.06;0.04) | −0.61(1.26) | −0.61(1.24) | −0.03(−0.10;0.05) | −0.45(1.23) | −0.44(1.20) | 0.00(−0.07;0.08) |
MUAC (mid upper arm circumference, cm) | 14.55(1.24) | 14.53(1.26) | 0.00(−0.04;0.05) | 14.71(1.24) | 14.75(1.23) | −0.01(−0.08;0.06) | 14.39(1.23) | 14.32(1.26) | 0.01(−0.05;0.08) |
ALL 24 MONTHS OF AGE | |||||||||
1478 | 2788 | 735 | 1394 | 743 | 1394 | ||||
WAZ (weight-for-age, z-score) | −0.68(1.02) | −0.68(1.03) | 0.01(−0.04;0.06) | −0.77(1.03) | −0.71(1.06) | −0.01(−0.08;0.05) | −0.59(1.02) | −0.64(0.98) | 0.03(−0.04;0.10) |
LAZ (length-for-age, z-score | −1.01(1.14) | −1.01(1.13) | 0.01(−0.05;0.07) | −1.12(1.14) | −1.11(1.15) | −0.02(−0.11;0.06) | −0.90(1.13) | −0.91(1.10) | 0.03(−0.05;0.12) |
MUAC (mid upper arm circumference, cm) | 15.14(1.11) | 15.06(1.13) | 0.08(0.02;0.14)* | 15.19(1.08) | 15.18(1.15) | 0.05(−0.04;0.13) | 15.09(1.14) | 14.94(1.09) | 0.12(0.03;0.20)* |