Clinical Study
Efficacy of Multiple Micronutrients Fortified Milk Consumption on Iron Nutritional Status in Moroccan Schoolchildren
Table 2
Baseline demographic, anthropometric, and socioeconomic characteristics of schoolchildren enrolled in the study.
| | | Total () | NFG () | FG () | value |
| | General characteristics | | | | | | | | | Age (y) (mean ± SD) |
8.0 ± 0.7 | 8.0 ± 0.7 | 7.9 ± 0.8 | 0.371 | | Baseline anthropometry | | | | | | | | | Height (cm) (mean ± SD) | 122.3 ± 6.1 | 121.9 ± 6.3 | 122.8 ± 5.6 | 0.352 | | Weight (kg) (mean ± SD) | 23.2 ± 3.0 | 23.1 ± 3.0 | 23.2 ± 2.9 | 0.483 | | BMI (kg/m2) (mean ± SD) | 15.4 ± 1.1 | 15.5 ± 1.0 | 15.4 ± 1.2 | 0.358 | | Nutritional status | | | | | | | | | Stunting HAZ <−2 SD (%) | 8.4 | 6.8 | 10.3 | 0.219 | | Thinness BAZ <−2 SD (%) | 2.1 | 0 | 5.1 | |
| | | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | value |
| | Sex | | | | | | | | | Female | 50.6 | (42.9–58.3) | 52.4 | (42.7–61.2) | 47.7 | (35.4–60.0) | 0.815 | | Male | 49.4 | (41.7–57.1) | 47.6 | (38.8–57.3) | 52.3 | (40.0–64.6) | | Level of education | | | | | | | | | Mother | | | | | | | | | Illiterate | 95.2 | (91.7–98.2) | 98.1 | (95.1–100.0) | 90.8 | (83.1–96.9) | 0.069 | | Primary | 3.6 | (1.2–6.5) | 1.0 | (0.0–2.9) | 7.7 | (1.5–15.4) | | Secondary | 1.2 | (0.0–3.6) | 1.0 | (0.0–2.9) | 1.5 | (0.0–4.6) | | Father | | | | | | | | | Illiterate | 60.7 | (53.6–68.5) | 60.2 | (51.5–68.9) | 61.5 | (49.2–73.8) | 0.562 | | Primary | 31.5 | (24.4–38.7) | 32.0 | (23.3–40.8) | 30.8 | (18.5–43.1) | | Secondary | 7.1 | (3.6–11.3) | 7.8 | (2.9–13.6) | 6.2 | (1.5–12.3) | | College | 0.6 | (0.0–1.8) | 0.0 | | 1.5 | (0.0–4.6) | | Household size | | | | | | | | | <6 persons | 48.8 | (41.1–56.5) | 49.5 | (39.8–59.2) | 47.7 | (35.4–60.0) | 0.944 | | 6 to 10 persons | 51.2 | (43.5–58.9) | 50.5 | (40.8–60.2) | 52.3 | (40.0–64.6) | | Total monthly expense | | | | | | | | | <122US$ | 25.6 | (19.6–32.7) | 28.2 | (19.4–37.8) | 21.5 | (12.3–32.3) | 0.117 | | 122–195US$ | 28.6 | (21.4–35.7) | 21.4 | (14.6–29.1) | 40.0 | (27.7–52.3) | | 196–244US$ | 26.2 | (20.2–32.7) | 31.1 | (22.3–39.8) | 18.5 | (9.2–29.2) | | 245–366US$ | 11.9 | (7.1–16.7) | 11.7 | (5.8–18.4) | 12.3 | (4.6–20.0) | | >367US$ | 7.7 | (4.2–11.9) | 7.8 | (2.9–13.6) | 7.7 | (1.5–13.8) | | Monthly expense for food | | | | | | | | | <110US$ | 63.1 | (55.4–70.2) | 60.2 | (50.5–69.9) | 67.7 | (55.4–78.5) | 0.076 | | 110–147US$ | 18.5 | (12.5–24.4) | 23.3 | (15.5–31.1) | 10.8 | (3.1–18.5) | | 148–195US$ | 9.5 | (5.4–14.3) | 6.8 | (2.9–12.6) | 13.8 | (6.2–23.0) | | 196–305US$ | 8.3 | (4.8–12.5) | 9.7 | (3.9–16.5) | 6.2 | (1.5–12.3) | | >306US$ | 0.6 | (0.0–1.8) | 0.0 | | 1.5 | (0.0–4.6) |
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BMI: Body Mass Index; HAZ and BAZ were calculated by Anthropo+.
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