Variables | Experimental group (n = 100) | Control group (n = 100) | Unadjusted p Valuea | Adjusted p value2 | ||||
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Baseline | 12 months | 15 months | Baseline | 12 months | 15 months | |||
Blood hemoglobin | ||||||||
 Blood hemoglobin (g/dl) | 11.42 ± 0.35 | 11.13 ± 0.52** | 11.24 ± 0.44* ‡ c | 11.44 ± 0.37 | 10.92 ± 0.61** | 10.81 ± 0.59** c | 0.000** | 0.02* |
Anthropometric measures | ||||||||
 Weight (kg) | 7.57 ± 0.79 | 11.31 ± 0.95** b | 12.04 ± 0.95** c | 7.65 ± 0.72 | 10.69 ± 0.82** b | 11.05 ± 0.80** c | 0.000** | 0.004* |
 Length (cm) | 66.20 ± 1.87 | 81.50 ± 2.56** b | 84.16 ± 1.99** c | 66.11 ± 1.92 | 79.93 ± 1.94** b | 82.12 ± 1.69** c | 0.000** | 0.01* |
 WAZ (z score) | −0.12 ± 0.92 | 0.51 ± 0.72** b | 0.57 ± 0.65** c | 0.01 ± 0.93 | 0.04 ± 0.75 b | −0.15 ± .0.70 c | 0.000** | 0.003* |
 LAZ (z score) | −0.25 ± 0.85 | −0.01 ± 0.92 b | − 0.21 ± 1.33 c | −0.28 ± 0.97 | − 0.57 ± 0.81* b | −0.78 ± 0.66** c | 0.001* | 0.04* |
 WLZ (z score) | 0.11 ± 1.01 | 0.71 ± 0.80** b | 1 ± 1.79* c | 0.28 ± 1.25 | 0.42 ± 0.93 b | 0.31 ± 0.88 c | 0.001* | 0.02* |