Contribution of Amaranthus cruentus and Solanum macrocarpon Leaves Flour to Nutrient Intake and Effect on Nutritional Status of Rural School Children in Volta Region, Ghana
Table 5
Nutritional and infection status of study participants at the end of the study.
Outcome variable
Intervention (n = 53)
Control (n = 47)
value
Malnutrition
All category
32.1
38.3
0.051
Stunting (%)
11.3
14.9
0.063
Wasting (%)
9.4
14.9
0.052
Thinness (%)
5.7
4.2
0.567
Overweight (%)
5.7
2.1
0.074
Obesity (%)
0.0
2.1
0.067
Anaemia
All category (%)
28.3
53.3
0.024
Mild (%)
24.5
46.8
0.022
Moderate (%)
3.8
4.3
0.791
Low vitamin A
All category (%)
20.8
23.4
0.059
Mildly low
20.8
17.0
0.055
Moderately low (%)
0.0
4.3
0.051
Severely low (%)
0.0
2.1
0.073
Infection status
Malaria parasitaemia
39.6
40.4
0.935
Using Pearson’s chi-square test for categorical variables, statistical significance is set at . The number of study participants at end line was intervention group = 53 and control group = 47.
