Research Article

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

Table 2

Change in mean hemoglobin levels of initially anemic girls after the intervention.

Study groupsInitially anemic1 girlsInitially nonanemic2 girls
NInitialFinalMean changeNInitialFinalMean change
Mean ± SDMean ± SD± SDMean ± SDMean ± SD± SD

IFA-1Wkly46 1 0 . 9 3 ± 0 . 5 8 1 1 . 9 3 ± 0 . 3 3 0 . 9 8 ± 0 . 6 5 19 1 2 . 7 9 ± 0 . 7 6 1 2 . 4 8 ± 0 . 4 1 0 . 2 8 ± 0 . 6 7
IFA-2Wkly61 1 0 . 3 8 ± 1 . 2 2 1 1 . 9 3 ± 0 . 4 2 1 . 5 5 ± 1 . 0 3 28 1 2 . 6 2 ± 0 . 4 8 1 2 . 2 9 ± 0 . 3 1 0 . 3 0 ± 0 . 4 6
IFA-Daily34 1 0 . 0 7 ± 1 . 1 8 1 1 . 9 5 ± 0 . 4 3 1 . 8 9 ± 1 . 0 7 25 1 2 . 8 7 ± 0 . 5 5 1 2 . 5 5 ± 0 . 3 5 0 . 3 0 ± 0 . 4 7
No-IFA30 1 1 . 3 0 ± 0 . 6 3 1 1 . 3 3 ± 0 . 5 9 0 . 5 0 ± 0 . 2 2 11 1 2 . 1 8 ± 0 . 1 4 1 2 . 1 2 ± 0 . 2 4 0 . 0 4 ± 0 . 2 7
(F-value)30.16***0.84NS

1 H b < 12 g/dL, 2Hb ≥ 12 g/dL, NSnonsignificant, *** 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.