Table 2 Micronutrient and protein levels at entry and week 48
Micronutrient | Study visit | Cohort | Differences Between Cohorts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Severe acute malnutrition | Mild malnutrition/normal nutrition | ||||||
N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | Mean Difference (95% CI) | (95% CI) P-value* | ||
Zinc (µg/dL) | Entry | 25 | 52.2 (15.3) | 27 | 54.7 (12.0) | -2.5 (-10.2,5.2) | 0.52 |
Week 48 | |||||||
Value | 18 | 68.5 (17.2) | 23 | 69.0 (15.6) | -0.6 (-11.1, 10.0) | 0.91 | |
Change from entry | 18 | 15.3 (19.3) | 23 | 15.6 (13.3) | -0.3 (-11.2, 10.5) | 0.95 | |
Selenium (µg/L) | Entry | 25 | 92.9 (25.0) | 27 | 84.3 (29.2) | 8.6 (-6.5,23.7) | 0.26 |
Week 48 | |||||||
Value | 18 | 93.9 (37.4) | 23 | 83.1 (34.4) | 10.8 (-12.3, 33.9) | 0.35 | |
Change from entry | 18 | -3.2 (22.1) | 23 | 2.0 (25.2) | -5.1 (-20.1,9.8) | 0.49 | |
Total protein (g/L) | Entry | 25 | 75.2 (13.2) | 27 | 77.3 (9.4) | -2.0 (-8.5, 4.4) | 0.53 |
Week 48 | |||||||
Value | 22 | 74.8 (6.2) | 22 | 71.9 (4.8) | 2.9 (-0.5, 6.2) | 0.096 | |
Change from entry | 22 | -0.9 (13.4) | 22 | -5.4 (9.0) | 4.6 (-2.4, 11.6) | 0.19 | |
Albumin (g/L) | Entry | 25 | 34.7 (6.8) | 27 | 40.9 (7.1) | -6.2 (-10.1, -2.4) | 0.002 |
Week 48 | |||||||
Value | 22 | 43.3 (3.9) | 24 | 43.0 (4.6) | 0.4 (-2.2, 2.9) | 0.77 | |
Change from entry | 22 | 8.8 (7.8) | 24 | 2.5 (6.9) | 6.3 (1.9, 10.7) | 0.006 | |