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Intermittent Iron Folate Supplementation: Impact on Hematinic Status and Growth of School Girls

Table 1

Change in mean hemoglobin levels in the school girls after the intervention.
 Study groups Total (9–13 yrs) “t” value 
N InitialFinalMean change ± SD
Mean ± SDMean ± SD
IFA-1Wkly (E1)65 1 1 . 4 8 ± 1 . 0 6 1 2 . 0 9 ± 0 . 4 4 0 . 6 2 ± 0 . 8 8 E1 versus CS: 5.07***
E2 versus CS: 6.89***
ED versus CS: 4.82***
E2 versus E1: 2.04*
ED versus E1: 1.45NS
E2 versus ED: 0.18NS
IFA-2Wkly (E2)89 1 1 . 0 9 ± 1 . 4 7 1 2 . 0 4 ± 0 . 4 1 0 . 9 7 ± 1 . 2 3
IFA-Daily (ED)59 1 1 . 2 6 ± 1 . 6 9 1 2 . 1 8 ± 0 . 5 5 0 . 9 3 ± 1 . 3 8
No-IFA (CS)41 1 1 . 5 4 ± 0 . 6 7 1 1 . 5 4 ± 0 . 6 3 0 . 0 3 ± 0 . 2 4
(F value)8.001***
N S n onsignificant, * 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 , *** 𝑃 < 0 . 0 0 1 , IFA-1Wkly: once a week IFA tablet, IFA-2Wkly: twice a week IFA tablet, IFA-Daily: daily IFA tablet, and No-IFA: no IFA tablet.