Scaled-up nutrition education on pulse-cereal complementary food practice in Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized trial

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Anthropometric Status of Children at Baseline, Midpoint and End point at Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2016

Anthropometry measurements	Mean (SD) (N = 771)	Mean (SD) (N = 621)
Anthropometry measurements	Baseline	Midpoint	End point
Weight (kg)
Intervention	8.3 (±1.3)^a	9.3^b,x	10.2^c,x
Control	7.3 (±1.2)^a	8.7^b,y	9.4^c,y
Length (cm)
Intervention	69.3 (± 4.7)^a	74.3^b,x	78.1^c,x
Control	68.9 (±1.1)	73.6^b,x	77.1^c,y
MUAC (cm)
Intervention	13. 6 (±1.1)^a	13.8^b,x	14.4^c,x
Control	13.6 (±1.0)^a	13.4^b,y	13.9^c,y
Anthropometric indices
Wasting (weight-for-length z score)
Intervention	−0.44 (±1.2)^a	0.06^b,x	0.28^c,x
Control	−0.73 (±1.1)^a	−0.5^b,y	−0.43^c,y
Stunting (length-for-age z score)
Intervention	−1.05 (±1.4)^a	−1.2^b,x	−1.5^c,x
Control	−1.10 (±1.2)^a	1.3^b.x	−1.7^c,y
Underweight (weight-for-age z score)
Intervention	0.23 (±1.2)^a	−0.5^b,x	− 0.5^c,x
Control	−0.13 (±1.1)^a	−1.3^b,y	− 1.2^c,y
MUAC z score
Intervention	−0.68 (±1.0)^a	−0.7^b,x	− 0.4^c,x
Control	−0.61 (±1.0)^a	−1.0^b,y	− 0.7^c,y

SD Standard Deviation; Values in rows are significantly different (p < 0.05) from the baseline if they have the letter “b” or “c”; values with the letter “c” are significantly different from values having “b.” Values for intervention and control in the midpoint and end point columns are significantly different if they have the letter “x” or “y”; values with the letter “x” are significantly different from values of “y” (p < 0.05). MUAC: mid-upper arm circumference. IG = Intervention Group (n = 307); CG Control group (n = 314)

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