Table 3: Birth Outcomes by Supplementation Group.
*Included live births, Deaths and still births
**Low birth weight
*** Fronto occipital circumference.
| Arm 1(n=117) | Arm 2 (n=116) | P-value | 95% CI |
Gestational age (weeks) | 37.2±3.3 | 37.0±3.3 | 0.503 | -0.55 - 1.13 |
Birth weight (gms) | 276.2±475.6 | 2740.2 ± 475.4 | 0.655 | -95.27 - 151.33 |
LBW** (<2500 gm) | 30 (25.4) | 27 (23.5) | 0.730 | |
FOC*** (cm) | 31.1±8.04 | 30.8±8.9 | 0.780 | -1.86 - 2.47 |
Length (cm) | 44.4±12.2 | 43.6±12.8 | 0.615 | -2.33 - 3.94 |
Birth weight of preterm children (gms) | 2706.7 ± 509.7 | 2548.8 ± 561.9 | 0.193 | -81.31 - 397.1 |
N | 36 | 44 | | |