Variables | Time | SMP (n = 172) | Non-SMP (n = 182) | p-valuea | p-valueb | |||
| mean | SE | mean | SE | ||||
Hemoglobin (g/L)
Hematocrit (%)
Serum ferritin (µg/L)
Serum iron (µmol/L)
Red blood cell (RBC) (million/µL)
Mean cell volume (MCV) (f/L)
Unsaturated iron binding capacity (UIBC) (µmol/L)
Total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) (µmol/L)
Transferrin saturation (%)
Serum retinol (µg/dL)
Serum zinc (mg/L)
| Baseline Endline Change
Baseline Endline Change
Baseline Endline Change
Baseline Endline Change
Baseline Endline Change
Baseline Endline Change
Baseline Endline Change
Baseline Endline Change
Baseline Endline Change
Baseline Endline Change
Baseline Endline Change | 10.7 10.6 0.0
32.5 34.7 2.3
60.5 69.3 8.8
11.1 15.2 4.1
4.0 4.1 0.2
82.3 84.8 2.5
54.5 50.5 −4.0
65.0 63.3 −1.7
17.9 24.5 6.7
37.6 41.6 4.0
0.9 1.2 0.3 | 0.0 0.1 0.1
0.2 0.2 0.2
2.5 2.7 2.9
0.3 0.3 0.3
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.5 0.3
0.9 0.9 1.3
1.0 0.7 1.1
0.7 0.6 0.7
1.3 1.5 1.7
0.03 0.04 0.03 | 11.0 10.5 −0.5
32.1 34.6 2.6
55.2 64.7 9.4
11.8 14.9 3.1
3.9 4.0 0.1
81.4 86.5 5.1
52.2 47.9 −4.3
63.6 63.1 −0.5
18.8 24.1 5.2
31.8 36.3 4.5
1.1 1.4 0.3 | 0.1 0.1 0.1
0.4 0.3 0.4
1.9 1.9 1.9
0.3 0.3 0.4
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.4 0.4 0.3
0.7 0.8 0.9
0.6 0.7 0.8
0.4 0.6 0.6
1.0 0.7 1.2
0.04 0.04 0.04 | <0.001
<0.001
0.38
0.51
0.09
0.86
0.10
0.048
0.23
0.042
0.10
<0.001
0.041
0.85
0.22
0.39
0.22
0.13
0.001
0.83
<0.001
0.30 |
<0.001
0.80
0.45
0.21
0.001
<0.001
0.02
0.95
0.34
0.02
0.69 | |