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 4
Anthropometric indices and other program outcomes (during admission and before discharge/program closure) of moderately wasted children, by daily and weekly programs†.
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WHZ: weight-for-height -score; HAZ: height-for-age -score; MUAC: mid-upper arm circumference, RUF: ready-to-use foods. †Continuous variables written as mean ± SD, categorical variables presented as % (). ‡Length of stay for children who reached discharge criterion was defined as number of days until reaching WHZ ≥−1.5 SD; length of stay for children who did not reach discharge criterion was defined as number of days until program closure. *Poor compliance was defined as reported inadequate RUF-Nias biscuit consumption (<80%) during the program period. ††Independent -test (continuous data) or Fisher’s exact test (percentages) for comparing daily and weekly programs. |