Effects of Cashew Nut (Anacardium occidentale L.) Seed Flour in Moderately Malnourished Children: Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 3

Mean values ± standard deviations of anthropometric measurements of underweight or moderately malnourished children, before and after treatment, according to the group (experimental and control), Imperatriz, Brazil, n = 30, 2017.

	Control group			Experiment group
	Before	After	value	Before	After	value
Height (cm)	92.33 ± 13.53	95.80 ± 13.64	<0.001	100.93 ± 12.19	104.13 ± 10.95	<0.001
Weight (kg)	13.55 ± 3.46	14.11 ± 3.17	<0.001	15.03 ± 3.78	15.82 ± 3.98	<0.001
BMI	15.80 ± 1.55	15.41 ± 1.97	0.13	14.63 ± 1.60	14.44 ± 1.39	0.38

Student’s t-test for dependent samples (paired groups). Body mass index.