Efficacy of Multiple Micronutrients Fortified Milk Consumption on Iron Nutritional Status in Moroccan Schoolchildren

Table 3

Iron status at baseline and endpoint in the study groups.

Biochemical parameters	Total		NFG		FG		value
		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD
Hemoglobin (mg/dL)
Baseline	178	14.45 ± 1.46	114	14.58 ± 1.58	64	14.22 ± 1.21	0.090
End line	178	14.88 ± 1.35	114	15.05 ± 1.43	64	14.59 ± 1.16	0.213
		Median; interquartile		Median; interquartile		Median; interquartile	value
Serum ferritin (g/L)
Baseline	158	13.0 (9.0; 21.0)	101	13.0 (8.0; 21.0)	57	14.0 (9.0; 20.0)	0.610
End line	144	14.0 (9.0; 22.7)	101	13.0 (8.0; 20.0)	43	17.0 (11.0; 26.0)	0.019

value by one way ANOVA for means and Mann-Whitney test for medians.