RESULTS
iLiNS‐DYAD, SD, anxiety
The background characteristics of the women enrolled in the iLiNS DYAD trials are shown in Table Background characteristics of women enrolled in the iLiNS DYAD trials in Ghana and Malawi, by group as randomised.Abbreviations: IFA, iron and folic acid capsule; MMN, multiple micronutrient supplement capsule; LNS, lipid‐based nutrient supplement.The iLiNS‐DYAD trials were International Lipid‐based Nutrient Supplements trials in which mother‐child dyads were enrolled.Assets index (a composite of household ownership of assets such as radio, television, refrigerator, cell phone and stove) serves as a proxy indicator for household socioeconomic status (SES). Higher values are indicative of higher SES.Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) score is a continuous measure of the degree of food insecurity based on a set of questions that encompass three domains of food insecurity: (i) anxiety and uncertainty about the household food supply, (ii) insufficient quality and (iii) insufficient food intake and its physical consequences (Coates et al., Rapid Diagnostic Test (Clearview Malarial Combo, Vision Biotech) detected Among the women enrolled in Malawi, the average age was ~25 years, the average completed years of formal education was 4, and the mean gestational age and BMI at enrolment were 16.8 weeks and 22.2 kg/mDuring the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, morbidity data were available for up to 1243 women in Ghana and up to 1200 women in Malawi. Postpartum, morbidity data were available for up to 1212 women in Ghana and up to 730 women in Malawi, given that women in the ‘simplified follow‐up’ scheme in Malawi did not undergo any morbidity monitoring postpartum. The mean ± SD number of days of morbidity monitoring in the second trimester, third trimester, 0‐3 mo lactation and 3–6 months lactation were 56 ± 19, 89 ± 18, 81 ± 13 and 80 ± 12, respectively for Ghana, and 29 ± 9, 40 ± 10, 36 ± 9 and 38 ± 9, respectively for Malawi. In both countries, the mean number of days of morbidity monitoring was smallest for the second trimester compared with the other periods, since many of the women were enrolled during the second trimester.