Research Article

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

Table 4

Mean change in BMI in initially anemic girls after the intervention.

Study groupsInitially anemic1 girlsInitially nonanemic2 girls
NInitialFinalMean changeNInitialFinalMean change
Mean ± SDMean ± SD± SD (A)Mean ± SDMean ± SD± SD (B)

IFA-1Wkly46 1 4 . 3 4 ± 1 . 5 3 1 5 . 7 1 ± 1 . 5 3 1 . 4 1 ± 0 . 9 0 19 1 5 . 4 4 ± 2 . 6 2 1 6 . 5 2 ± 2 . 0 2 1 . 0 1 ± 1 . 4 7 1.08NS
IFA-2Wkly61 1 4 . 1 5 ± 1 . 4 1 1 5 . 9 2 ± 1 . 6 3 1 . 6 8 ± 0 . 8 4 28 1 4 . 0 6 ± 1 . 7 6 1 5 . 3 7 ± 1 . 5 6 1 . 2 9 ± 0 . 8 1 2.17*
IFA-Daily34 1 4 . 3 4 ± 1 . 2 3 1 5 . 7 7 ± 1 . 4 7 1 . 5 0 ± 0 . 8 1 25 1 4 . 8 9 ± 2 . 1 4 1 6 . 1 1 ± 2 . 2 7 1 . 1 0 ± 0 . 6 5 2.03*
No-IFA30 1 4 . 3 9 ± 1 . 3 3 1 5 . 4 9 ± 1 . 4 7 1 . 1 8 ± 0 . 7 9 11 1 5 . 6 2 ± 2 . 6 2 1 6 . 3 5 ± 1 . 8 9 0 . 7 3 ± 1 . 0 7 1.22NS
(F-value)3.15*1.52NS

1Hb < 12 g/dL, 2Hb ≥ 12 g/dL, NSnon significant, * 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 , 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.