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Table 3 Height outcomes at 14 days and 6 months

From: Single-dose azithromycin for child growth in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial

 

14 Days

6 Months

 

Azithromycin

Mean (SD)

Placebo

Mean (SD)

Mean Difference or Odds Ratioa

(95% CI)

P-value

Azithromycin

Mean (SD)

Placebo

Mean (SD)

Mean Difference or Odds Ratioa

(95% CI)

P-value

Height change, mm/day

0.8 (1.7)

0.5 (2.3)

0.3 (−0.07 to 0.7)

0.11

0.4 (0.2)

0.3 (0.2)

0.02 (−0.02 to 0.06)

0.57

Height, cm

86.0 (12.0)

86.6 (11.5)

0.3 (−0.1 to 0.7)

0.15

91.6 (11.5)

91.3 (10.6)

0.3 (−0.3 to 0.8)

0.32

Height-for-age Z-score

−0.9 (1.1)

−0.8 (1.2)

0.08 (− 0.04 to 0.2)

0.21

− 0.8 (1.1)

−0.7 (1.1)

0.05 (− 0.1 to 0.2)

0.55

Stunted (HAZ < -2)

15.1%

13.2%

0.7 (0.4 to 1.6)

0.46

11.9%

10.0%

1.1 (0.5 to 2.5)

0.76

  1. aAll models included a term for the randomized treatment assignment, and all models except for the g/kg/day outcome were adjusted for the baseline measurement of the outcome