Clinical Study
Impact of Daily versus Weekly Supply of Locally Produced Ready-to-Use Food on Growth of Moderately Wasted Children on Nias Island, Indonesia
Table 2
Selected characteristics of the eligible moderately wasted children and their families during admission, by daily and weekly programs†.
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WHZ: weight-for-height -score; HAZ: height-for-age -score; MUAC: mid-upper arm circumference. †Continuous variables written as mean ± SD, categorical variables presented as % (). ‡Income data was derived from average cash money earned every month and did not include household valuable assets, agriculture production, savings, or aids. US$1 equal to ±Rp 9,230 using currency rates in 2007, US$1.25 PPP equal to ±Rp 4,918 [22]. *Independent -test (continuous data) or Fisher’s exact test (percentages) for comparing daily and weekly programs. |