Variable | Total | Intervention | Control | P | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % (mean) | SD | n | % (mean) | SD | |||
Age (months)a | 776 | 397 | (103.6) | 43.5 | 379 | (98.2) | 45.1 | 0.097 |
Sexb | ||||||||
 Male | 372 | 199 | 50.3 |  | 173 | 45.7 |  | 0.199 |
 Female | 403 | 197 | 49.7 |  | 206 | 54.3 |  | |
Orphan-hoodb | ||||||||
 Both parents alive | 280 | 154 | 40.6 |  | 126 | 35.5 |  | 0.388 |
 Only mother alive | 166 | 82 | 21.6 |  | 84 | 23.7 |  | |
 Only father alive | 117 | 54 | 14.3 |  | 63 | 17.7 |  | |
 Both parents dead | 171 | 89 | 23.5 |  | 82 | 23.1 |  | |
HIV-clinical stageb | ||||||||
 Stage I | 52 | 23 | 5.9 |  | 29 | 8.0 |  | 0.054 |
 Stage II | 155 | 83 | 21.3 |  | 72 | 19.8 |  | |
 Stage III | 463 | 230 | 59.1 |  | 233 | 64.2 |  | |
 Stage IV | 82 | 53 | 13.7 |  | 29 | 8.0 |  | |
On ARTb | ||||||||
 No | 96 | 54 | 13.6 |  | 42 | 11.1 |  | 0.293 |
 Yes | 679 | 343 | 86.4 |  | 336 | 88.9 |  | |
ART durationa | ||||||||
 Mean months | 677 | 357 | (36.9) | 27.8 | 320 | (33.5) | 27.5 | 0.108 |
Caregiverb | ||||||||
 Mother | 352 | 179 | 45.1 |  | 173 | 45.7 |  | 0.876 |
 Other | 424 | 218 | 54.9 |  | 206 | 54.3 |  | |
Education level (caregiver)b | ||||||||
 Not formal | 208 | 113 | 28.5 |  | 95 | 25.1 |  | 0.074 |
 Primary | 497 | 241 | 60.7 |  | 256 | 67.7 |  | |
 Secondary &above | 70 | 43 | 10.8 |  | 27 | 7.2 |  | |
Wealth indexb | ||||||||
 Lowest | 159 | 108 | 27.2 |  | 51 | 13.5 |  | <0.001 |
 Low | 152 | 55 | 13.9 |  | 97 | 25.6 |  | |
 Middle | 156 | 61 | 15.4 |  | 95 | 25.1 |  | |
 High | 154 | 76 | 19.1 |  | 78 | 20.5 |  | |
 Highest | 155 | 97 | 24.4 |  | 58 | 15.3 |  | |
Food security (HFIAS)b | ||||||||
 Food-secure | 230 | 126 | 31.7 |  | 104 | 27.4 |  | 0.190 |
 Food-insecure | 546 | 271 | 68.3 |  | 275 | 72.6 |  |