Table 3 Effect of the different interventions in the anthropometric outcomes
EGrlt (n = 38) | EGpmc (n = 32) | CG (n = 36) | Pairwise comparation | Mean differences | CI95% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower bound | Upper bound | |||||||
Weight (g) | Pre-treatment | 1611.47 ± 202.74 | 1768.22 ± 387.25 | 1600.53 ± 195.27 | EGrlt < EGpmc* | -230.65 | -408.96 | -52.35 |
EGrlt = CG | -71.84 | -200.55 | 56.86 | |||||
EGpmc = CG | 158.81 | -31.84 | 349.46 | |||||
2 weeks | 1979.69 ± 239.06 | 2218.26 ± 450.18 | 2082.4 ± 295.36 | EGrlt < EGpmc* | -304.7 | -541.86 | -67.51 | |
EGrlt = CG | -119.4 | -288.54 | 49.8 | |||||
EGpmc = CG | 185.3 | -69.85 | 440.49 | |||||
Post-treatment | 2356.0 ± 281.36 | 2644.46 ± 444.24 | 2587.37 ± 444.65 | EGrlt < EGpmc* | -329.55 | -561 | -98.09 | |
EGrlt = CG | -270.53 | -502.7 | -38.4 | |||||
EGpmc = CG | 59.02 | -222.9 | 340.9 | |||||
Height (cm) | Pre-treatment | 41.38 ± 1.68 | 42.77 ± 2.83 | 42.1 ± 1.81 | EGrlt = EGpmc | -3 | -5 | -1 |
EGrlt = CG | -1 | -2 | 1 | |||||
EGpmc = CG | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||
2 weeks | 43.67 ± 2.74 | 44.72 ± 2.58 | 44.32 ± 2.4 | EGrlt = EGpmc | -1.471 | -3.276 | 0.335 | |
EGrlt = CG | -0.092 | -2.13 | 1.946 | |||||
EGpmc = CG | 1.379 | -0.34 | 3.097 | |||||
Post-treatment | 46.19 ± 2.3 | 46.5 ± 2.5 | 46.0 ± 3.06 | EGrlt = EGpmc | -0.559 | -2.218 | 1.1 | |
EGrlt = CG | -0.029 | -1.899 | 1.84 | |||||
EGpmc = CG | 0.529 | -1.471 | 2.53 | |||||
Head circumference (cm) | Pre-treatment | 27.5 ± 4.44 | 29.46 ± 3.99 | 28.46 ± 3.78 | EGrlt < EGpmc** | -5.052 | -9.443 | -0.661 |
EGrlt = CG | -3.052 | -7.439 | 1.335 | |||||
EGpmc = CG | 2 | -1.665 | 5.665 | |||||
2 weeks | 30.7 ± 1.14 | 31.77 ± 1.6 | 30.84 ± 2.07 | EGrlt = EGpmc EGrlt = CG EGpmc = CG | -1.219 -0.718 0.5 | -2.525 -2.117 -0.821 | 0.087 0.679 1.821 | |
Post-treatment | 32.19 ± 1.45 | 33.69 ± 3.0 | 33.34 ± 1.8 | EGrlt = EGpmc EGrlt = CG EGpmc = CG | -1.448 -1.135 0.313 | -3.467 -2.406 -1.56 | 0.572 0.135 2.185 | |