Table 4 Anthropometrics of both study groups at the start (baseline) and end of study (mean ± SD)

Weight (kg), mean (SD)

11.05 ± 1.51

11.34 ± 1.90

11.99 ± 1.63

12.09 ± 1.90

Length (cm), mean (SD)

82.57 ± 6.09

82.78 ± 8.63

86.02 ± 5.69

86.61 ± 9.43

WFL z-score

0.31 ± 1.12

0.35 ± 1.58

0.19 ± 1.04

0.41 ± 1.46

BMI (kg/m²), mean (SD)

16.13 ± 1.88

16.70 ± 2.74

16.31 ± 1.84

16.49 ± 2.52

BMI-for-age z-score

0.14 ± 1.25

0.47 ± 1.58

0.16 ± 1.17

0.42 ± 1.38