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Table 4 Comparison of morbidity reports for infants at 2 week visits between intervention and control groupsa

From: Vitamin A status and body pool size of infants before and after consuming fortified home-based complementary foods

 

Intervention

Control

P

Intervention

Control

P

 

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

 

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

 
 

2 weeks

2 weeks

 

4 & 6 weeks

4 & 6 weeks

 

Cough

8/40

20 · 0

6/38

15 · 8

0 · 63

11/82

13 · 4

7/76

9 · 2

0 · 40

Diarrhoea

12/40

30 · 0

11/38

28 · 9

0 · 92

19/82

23 · 2

24/76

31 · 6

0 · 23

Refuse breast

2/40

5 · 0

0/38

0 · 0

0 · 16

4/82

4 · 9

2/76

2 · 6

0 · 46

Feverishness

5/40

12 · 5

4/38

10 · 5

0 · 78

13/82

15 · 8

15/76

19 · 7

0 · 52

Sought treatment in past 2 weeks

8/40

20 · 0

4/38

10 · 5

0 · 25

20/82

24 · 4

17/76

22 · 4

0 · 76

 

8 & 10 weeks

8 & 10 weeks

 

12 & 14 weeks

12 & 14 weeks

 

Cough

6/80

7 · 5

6/76

7 · 9

0 · 92

8/84

9 · 5

2/82

2 · 4

0 · 06

Diarrhoea

23/80

28 · 7

21/76

27 · 6

0 · 88

28/84

33 · 3

19/82

23 · 2

0 · 15

Refuse breast

1/80

1 · 2

3/76

3 · 9

0 · 28

0/84

0 · 0

1/82

91 · 2

0 · 31

Feverishness

19/80

23 · 7

26/76

34 · 2

0 · 15

14/84

16 · 7

8/82

9 · 8

0 · 19

Sought treatment in past 2 weeks

17/80

21.2

13/76

17.1

0.51

16/84

19.0

6/82

7.3

0.03

 

16 & 18 weeks

16 & 18 weeks

 

20 & 22 weeks

20 & 22 weeks

 

Cough

3/79

3 · 8

4/81

4 · 9

0 · 70

1/73

1 · 4

5/81

6 · 2

0 · 12

Diarrhoea

20/79

25 · 3

19/81

23 · 5

0 · 78

17/73

23 · 3

19/81

23 · 5

0 · 98

Refuse breast

2/79

2 · 5

2/81

2 · 5

0 · 98

1/73

1 · 4

5/81

6 · 2

0 · 12

Feverishness

15/79

18 · 9

16/81

19 · 7

0 · 90

12/73

16 · 4

23/81

28 · 4

0 · 08

Sought treatment in past 2 weeks

14/79

17 · 7

12/81

14 · 8

0 · 62

15/73

20 · 5

16/81

19 · 7

0 · 90

  1. a% of subjects with side effects as a percentage of the total number of visits for the periods indicated
  2. There were no reports of convulsions and bulging fontanelles