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