Characteristic

N

EPA¹ Median (IQR)

p-value²

DPA¹ Median (IQR)

p-value²

DHA^1,2 Median (IQR)

p-value²

Age group

7 years

21

0.17 (0.03)

0.02^*

0.75 (0.18)

0.38

2.09 (0.49)

0.56

8 years

105

0.20 (0.10)

0.81 (0.21)

2.18 (0.59)

9-10 years³

192

0.18 (0.08)

0.78 (0.18)

2.11 (0.52)

Gender

Female

181

0.19 (0.08)

0.37

0.78 (0.20)

0.26

2.16 (0.50)

0.82

Male

137

0.18 (0.08)

0.81 (0.18)

2.11 (0.60)

Stunting

Yes

37

0.18 (0.84)

1.00

0.80 (0.24)

1.00

2.14 (0.54)

0.73

No

281

0.19 (0.09)

0.79 (0.18)

2.12 (0.52)

Underweight

Yes

25

0.17 (0.07)

0.99

0.77 (0.13)

0.99

2.04 (0.52)

0.22

No

292

0.19 (0.08)

0.79 (0.19)

2.14 (0.55)

Thinness

Yes

11

0.17 (0.07)

0.54

0.71 (0.18)

0.54

2.08 (0.39)

0.54

No

307

0.19 (0.09)

0.79 (0.19)

2.14 (0.56)

HIV Status

HIV unexposed uninfected

180

0.19 (0.08)

0.40

0.80 (0.18)

0.76

2.11 (0.55)

0.44

HIV exposed uninfected

116

0.18 (0.09)

0.79 (0.18)

2.16 (0.50)

HIV infected

21

0.19 (0.12)

0.79 (0.25)

2.07 (0.65)

Total

317⁴

0.19 (0.09)

0.79 (0.19)

2.14 (0.54)