Daily consumption of ready-to-use peanut-based therapeutic food increased fat free mass, improved anemic status but has no impact on the zinc status of people living with HIV/AIDS: a randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Energy, zinc, vitamin A and iron intakes and % coverage of daily recommended intake in both groups

^aRDA (Recommended Dietary allowances), FAO/WHO [26, 27]
^bIntakes measured in addition to the supplement (RUTF + rice porridge)
^c RDA of Energy is increased by 20 % to take into account the increase of daily recommended intake for PLWH (WHO, [22])
^dZinc intake calculated based on the bioavailability of zinc in mixed diets (Hotz and Brown, [50])
^eIron intakes calculated by taking into account the bioavailability of iron (15 %)

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