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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of intervention and control arms

From: Improving feeding and growth of HIV-positive children through nutrition training of frontline health workers in Tanga, Tanzania

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

 
  1. a t-test; bChi-square test