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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the sample. Presented are means (standard errors) and Ns (percentage) for the groups consuming the comparison and the biofortified pearl millet

From: Modeling relationships between iron status, behavior, and brain electrophysiology: evidence from a randomized study involving a biofortified grain in Indian adolescents

  

Comparison

Biofortified

 

Overall

n = 33

n = 41

Age (y)

13.5 (0.2)

13.58 (0.22)

13.44 (0.20)

Hb, g/dL

12.13 (0.13)

12.18 (0.19)

12.09 (0.19)

sFt, ng/mL

15.41 (1.56)

13.38 (1.69)

17.05 (2.45)

sTfR, ug/mL

7.13 (0.59)

7.35 (0.71)

6.98 (0.40)

BdFe (mg/kg)

0.61 (0.37)

0.31 (0.48)

0.86 (0.55)

Prevalences

   

Anemia

26 (35)

11 (33)

15 (37)

sFt <15.0

46 (62)

23 (70)

23 (56)

sTfR >8.3

11 (15)

3 (9)

8 (20)

BdFe <0.0

26 (35)

12 (36)

14 (34)

IDA

16 (22)

8 (24)

8 (20)

IDNA

30 (41)

15 (45)

15 (37)

Inflammation

4 (5)

1 (3)

3 (7)