Spirulina Supplements Improved the Nutritional Status of Undernourished Children Quickly and Significantly: Experience from Kisantu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Table 3

Differential (delta) of weight and biological parameters in the study population.

Variables	Intervention group	Control group
Weight (kg)
Day 15	0.38 (0.93)	0.27 (0.63)	0.13
Day 30	1.17 (0.99)	0.05 (0.70)	0.001
Haemoglobin (g/dL)
Day 15	0.89 (1.70)	0.21 (1.44)	0.15
Day 30	1.75 (1.4)	0.26 (1.42)	0.001
Haematocrit (%)
Day 15	2.69 (5.33)	0.44 (4.72)	0.14
Day 30	4.25 (4.22)	0.12 (4.26)	0.002
MCV (fL)
Day 15	7.85 (15.49)	1.4 (11.05)	0.02
Day 30	—	—
Total proteins (g/L)
Day 15	14.76 (7.69)	0.91 (7.64)	0.000
Day 30	—	—
Albumin (g/L)
Day 15	7.92 (9.15)	1.79 (9.84)	0.04
Day 30	—	—

MCV: mean corpuscular volume.