Intervention effect on micronutrient deficiencies
anaemia, TfR, micronutrient deficiencies
ANAEMIA
Post-intervention anaemia decreased slightly by 2·3 % among pre-menarche girls in the MMB group compared with UB. However, post-menarche girls in the MMB group experienced a marginal increase of 9·7 % in anaemia prevalence compared with UB (
The effect of consuming micronutrient-fortified biscuits compared with unfortified biscuits on post-intervention prevalence difference in micronutrient deficiencies after 26 weeks of intervention in adolescent girls in Ghana: an intention-to-treat analysisMMB, multiple micronutrient-fortified biscuits; UB, unfortified biscuits.All results are in percentages, reflecting the percentage point difference between the fortified compared with the unfortified biscuits group.Model 1 included the biscuits group and the study design effect (menarche status at enrolment).Model 2 adjusted for baseline micronutrient biomarkers (haemoglobin, PF, TfR and RBP) and the girl’s baseline age and HAZ.