The double task of preventing malnutrition and overweight: a quasi-experimental community-based trial

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Effect of the intervention on anthropometric indicators

Anthropometric indicator	Control group	Intervention group	Crude effect		Adjusted effect
	n = 259	n = 193	Crude effect		Adjusted effect
	x ± SD	x ± SD	Δ x (CI 95%)	P	Δ x (CI 95%)	P
Length-for-age (Z score) ^a	−0.66 ± 1.09	−0.46 ± 1.21	0.20 (−0.01; 0.41)	0.067	0.21 (−0.02; 0.44)	0.067
BMI-for-age (Z score) ^b	0.35 ± 0.92	0.13 ± 0.94	−0.22 (−0.40; -0.05)	0.012	−0.31 (−0.49; -0.12)	0.001
	Freq (%)	Freq (%)	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P
Stunting (LAZ < −2) ^c	31 (11.97)	14 (7.25)	0.58 (0.30; 1.11)	0.101	0.50 (0.22; 1.10)	0.085
Risk of overweight (BMI-for age > 85th percentile)^d	58 (22.39)	30 (15.54)	0.64 (0.39; 1.04)	0.070	0.43 (0.23; 0.77)	0.005

^a Adjusted effect for: age, sex, maternal work status, household wealth index, number of children in the home, maternal height, maternal BMI and birthweight.
^b Adjusted effect for: age, sex, maternal height, maternal BMI and birthweight.
^c Adjusted effect for: age, sex, maternal education, maternal height and maternal BMI.
^d Adjusted effect for: age, sex, maternal BMI and birth weight.

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