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Table 2 Length/height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) with number (n) of measurements and means in the intervention and control arm with 95 % confidence intervals (CI)

From: Effects of an exclusive breastfeeding intervention for six months on growth patterns of 4–5 year old children in Uganda: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial

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Intervention

Control

Adjusted difference

 

n

Mean (95 % CI)

n

Mean (95 % CI)

difference (95 % CI)

3 weeks

318

−0.45 (−0.68 to −0.21)

286

−0.32 (−0.56 to −0.07)

−0.13 (−0.48 to 0.21)

6 weeks

346

−0.45 (−0.63 to −0.26)

316

−0.30 (−0.53 to −0.06)

−0.15 (−0.45 to 0.14)

12 weeks

369

−0.53 (−0.70 to −0.36)

324

−0.33 (−0.55 to −0.11)

−0.20 (−0.48 to 0.07)

24 weeks

363

−0.89 (−1.11 to −0.67)

328

−0.68 (−0.94 to −0.41)

−0.21 (−0.55 to 0.12)

2 years

331

−1.85 (−1.97 to −1.73)

312

−1.61 (−1.87 to −1.34)

−0.24 (−0.53 to 0.05)

5 years

242

−1.78 (−2.08 to −1.47)

221

−1.53 (−1.79 to −1.28)

−0.25 (−0.63 to 0.13)

  1. The differences in means were calculated with linear regression adjusted for cluster design in addition to inverse-probability population weights