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Table 5 Variables associated with adherence, assessed by MEMS device

From: Adherence to home fortification with micronutrient powders in Kenyan pre-school children: self-reporting and sachet counts compared to an electronic monitoring device

Variable

Adherence

Logit ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Intervention group

 Placebo

77.7%

Reference

 

 NaFeEDTA

79.6%

1.12 (0.84-1.49)

0.45

 Ferrous fumarate

79.0%

1.08 (0.81-1.44)

0.61

Child’s sex

 Male

77.8%

Reference

 

 Female

79.9%

1.13 (0.89-1.43)

0.32

Child’s age, yearsa

0.99 (0.80-1.23)

0.92

P. falciparum, baseline

 Not infected

79.9%

Reference

 

 Infected

77.2%

0.86 (0.67-1.09)

0.21

Anthropometric indices, baseline

 Wasting (weight-for-height z-score change, 1 SD)a

1.07 (0.95-1.20)

0.27

 Stunting (height-for-age z-score change, 1 SD)a

1.06 (0.97-1.15)

0.18

 Underweight (weight-for-age z-score change, 1 SD)a

1.08 (0.98-1.20)

0.12

Child was sick during intervention period

 No

78.8%

Reference

 

 Yes

78.9%

1.01 (0.77-1.33)

0.95

Parental education

 None

85.4%

Reference

 

 Primary

77.2%

0.58 (0.30-1.13)

0.11

 Secondary

81.8%

0.77 (0.38-1.58)

0.47

 Tertiary

82.7%

0.82 (0.24-2.83)

0.76

Parent’s sex

 Male

64.1%

Reference

 

 Female

79.0%

2.11 (0.61-7.29)

0.24

  1. Logit ratios indicate the change in logit relative to the reference class, or the relative change in logit associated with 1 unit increment in thea continuous variables