A Study to Improve the Vitamin A and Iodine Status of Pregnant Women through a Multiple Micronutrient Fortified Salt

Table 2

Parity and age of the women.

Parity:©	Experimental group (multiple fortified salt) N = 151	Control group N = 150
First pregnancy (primigravida)%	59.5	57.9
Second pregnancy%	32.9	31.1
Third, fourth, or fifth pregnancy%	7.6	11
Age (years ± SD)^#	22.90 ± 2.73	23.0 ± 2.74

© No differences were seen in the parity between the experimental and control groups by using the chi-square test (). ^#No significant difference was seen in the age between the experimental and control groups by using Anova ().