Table 2 Infant vitamin A status, hematologic and anaemia indexes at baseline and end line in intervention and control groups

Low vitamin A status^y

Number

%

Number

%

All infants

2/29

6 · 9

2/34

5 · 9

0 · 87

Excluding infants with high CRP^d

2/22

9 · 1

2/26

7 · 7

0 · 86

Adequate vitamin A by MRDR^χ

All infants^χ

27/29

93 · 1

32/34

88 · 2

0 · 86

Excluding infants with high CRP^d

20/22

90 · 9

24/26

92 · 3

0 · 86

Baseline indexes

Mean

Mean

Haemoglobin (g/l)

103

101

Number

%

Number

%

Prevalence of anaemia^b

18/47

38 · 3

20/46

42 · 5

0 · 61

Prevalence of low ferritin^c

0/32

0.0

1/34

2 · 9

0 · 33

Prevalence of elevated CRP^d

7/32

21 · 9

8/34

23 · 5

0 · 87

Endline indexes

Mean

Mean

Haemoglobin (g/l)

111

108

Number

%

Number

%

Prevalence of anaemia^b

8/34

23 · 5

12/38

31 · 6

0 · 44

Prevalence of low ferritin^c

0/16

0 · 0

0/17

0.0

-

Prevalence of elevated CRP^d

8/17

47 · 0

7/17

41 · 2

0 · 73