Table 1 Background characteristics of the populations included in the trial and at the 2 and 5 years follow-up
Visit | Baseline (0 to 6 months) | 2 years visit | 5 years visit | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | |||||||
Categorical data | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Eligible mother-infant pairs | 369 | 396 | 297 | 310 | 221 | 242 | ||||||
Multipara (child has siblings) | 273 | 76 | 306 | 78 | 223 | 76 | 245 | 80 | 174 | 79 | 196 | 82 |
Previous child death | 80 | 29 | 109 | 36 | 65 | 29 | 87 | 36 | 56 | 32 | 73 | 37 |
Female child | 181 | 49 | 194 | 49 | 147 | 49 | 150 | 48 | 110 | 50 | 119 | 49 |
Mother married or cohabiting | 338 | 92 | 363 | 93 | 274 | 93 | 284 | 92 | 209 | 95 | 224 | 93 |
Living in rural area | 276 | 75 | 290 | 73 | 232 | 78 | 240 | 77 | 172 | 78 | 187 | 77 |
Electricity in house | 70 | 19 | 53 | 14 | 52 | 18 | 40 | 13 | 37 | 17 | 30 | 13 |
Continuous data | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR |
Maternal age | 24 | (20–30) | 25 | (20–30) | 24 | (20–30) | 25 | (21–30) | 25 | (21–31) | 26 | (21–30) |
Maternal education | 6 | (5–9) | 6 | (4–8) | 6 | (4–9) | 6 | (4–8) | 6 | (4–9) | 6 | (4–7) |
Child age | (4 visits) | (4 visits) | 19 | (18–27) | 19 | (18–27) | 53 | (49–61) | 55 | (50–62) | ||
Maternal body mass index | 22 | (20–24) | 22 | (20–24) | 22 | (21–24) | 22 | (20–24) | 22 | (21–24) | 22 | (20–24) |
Socio-economic quintile | 3 | (2–4) | 3 | (2–4) | 3 | (2–4) | 3 | (2–4) | 3 | (2–4) | 3 | (2–4) |