3.4. Subgroup Effect of Milk Ingredients, and LNS in Itself, on Development
MP, stunting
INFLAMMATION
We assessed whether the effects of MP and WP were modified by sex, breastfeeding, stunting severity, baseline inflammation, and a stimulative home environment. The effect of MP on social skills was modified by sex and breastfeeding (interaction, The effect of MP on cognition was modified by a stimulative home environment but with marginal significance. This was due to a larger effect of MP on fine motor (interaction, Whey permeate was associated with lower motor and social skills among children with severe compared to moderate stunting. This corresponded to 0.07 (95%CI: −0.15; 0.29) and 0.22 (95%CI: −0.01; 0.44) lower gain in gross and fine motor scores, respectively, among severely compared to moderately stunted children (The adherence to the nutritional intervention was reported elsewhere [