The effect of a micronutrient powder home fortification program on anemia and cognitive outcomes among young children in rural China: a cluster randomized trial

Table 5 Feeding of sample child by age and experimental arm¹

Food fed the previous day:	6–11 months			12–17 months			18–23 months			24–29 months
Food fed the previous day:	Control Group (n = 285)	MNP Group² (n = 549)	P³	Control Group (n = 514)	MNP Group² (n = 989)	P³	Control Group (n = 510)	MNP Group² (n = 988)	P³	Control Group (n = 511)	MNP Group² (n = 968)	P³
Meat or fish	18.3 (52)	18.4 (101)	0.94	34.8 (179)	39.1 (386)	0.09	51.0 (210)	51.1 (505)	0.89	56.2 (287)	57.2 (553)	0.62
Beans, nuts, or seed products	17.9 (51)	18.0 (99)	0.90	26.9 (138)	26.6 (263)	0.78	36.5 (186)	35.1 (347)	0.45	42.3 (216)	38.6 (374)	0.13
Milk products	57.9 (165)	60.1 (330)	0.46	78.4 (402)	81.0 (801)	0.19	82.1 (417)	81.7 (806)	0.79	67.1 (343)	72.9 (704)	0.03*
Eggs	33.7 (96)	30.6 (168)	0.39	45.3 (233)	47.1 (465)	0.43	44.1 (225)	47.7 (471)	0.20	45.1 (230)	46.7 (452)	0.47
Vegetables and fruits rich in Vitamin A	55.3 (157)	54.8 (300)	0.84	73.0 (375)	78.9 (779)	0.02*	80.6 (411)	81.8 (807)	0.60	80.8 (413)	84.6 (819)	0.07
Other vegetables and fruits	47.7 (136)	45.0 (247)	0.44	59.0 (303)	61.3 (606)	0.43	69.8 (306)	68.5 (677)	0.71	69.2 (353)	67.1 (649)	0.32
Grains	85.6 (244)	86.3 (474)	0.77	94.8 (487)	95.2 (941)	0.78	97.8 (498)	97.4 (962)	0.55	97.9 (500)	99.1 (960)	0.07

Data are presented as % (n) for categorical variables
¹ We only collected detail information of diet for cohort 2 in the baseline (child aged 6–11 months), but for child aged 12–30 months, we collected detailed information of diet for cohort 1 and cohort 2
²MNP = Multiple Micronutrient Powder
³ P-values from tests of the null hypothesis of no difference between MNP and control groups, adjusted for cohort and county fixed effects and clustering within villages *p-value < 0.05 significant

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