Research Article
Effects of a Cereal and Soy Dietary Formula on Rehabilitation of Undernourished Children at Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso
Table 4
Median anthropometric parameters of the 304 children according to sex at beginning and at the end of the study.
| | Females (172) | Males (132) | All children (304) | | Parameters | Initial mean | End mean | P: I → E | Initial mean | End mean | P: I → E | Initial mean | End mean | P: I → E | P: Females_i → Males_i |
| Age (months) | 13.31 ± 6.64 | 15.73 ± 6.53 | | 14.53 ± 6.72 | 16.82 ± 6.53 | | 13.84 ± 6.68 | 16.20 ± 6.53 | | | Weight (kg) | 5.64 ± 1.29 | 7.28 ± 1.43 | <0.001 | 6.10 ± 1.27 | 7.88 ± 1.45 | <0.001 | 5.84 ± 1.30 | 7.54 ± 1.47 | <0.001 | 0.002 | Height (cm) | 68.78 ± 6.16 | 70.2 ± 6.21 | 0.134 | 70.85 ± 6.26 | 72.71 ± 6.05 | 0.085 | 69.68 ± 6.27 | 71.29 ± 6.25 | 0.026 | 0.004 | HP (cm) | 42.02 ± 2.06 | 43.14 ± 2.16 | 0.001 | 43.23 ± 2.10 | 44.30 ± 1.86 | 0.002 | 42.55 ± 2.16 | 43.65 ± 2.11 | <0.001 | <0.001 | BP (cm) | 10.46 ± 1.10 | 12.66 ± 0.91 | 0.001 | 10.71 ± 1.21 | 12.7 ± 0.93 | 0.001 | 10.57 ± 1.15 | 12.68 ± 0.91 | <0.001 | 0.061 |
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BP: brachial perimeter; HP: head perimeter.
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