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Baseline participant characteristics n = 748
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On time follow upa (n = 465)
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Late follow up (n = 235)
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Lost to follow up (n = 48)
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Place of enrollmentb
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Hospital
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138 (29.7)
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137 (58.3)
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35 (72.9)
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Health centers
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327 (70.3)
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98 (41.7)
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13 (27.0)
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Mean age* (years)
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27.0 [6.7]
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25.4 [5.5]
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24.08 [5.6]
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Nulliparousb
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86 (18.5)
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60 (25.5)
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18 (37.5)
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Primary occupation
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Housewife
|
349 (75.1)
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178 (75.7)
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34 (70.8)
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Employed
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99 (21.3)
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54 (23.0)
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12 (25.0)
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Unemployed/student
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17 (3.7)
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3 (1.3)
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2 (4.2)
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Level of education completed
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No education
|
33 (7.1)
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15 (6.4)
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3 (6.3)
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Primary
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266 (57.2)
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111 (47.2)
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22 (45.8)
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Secondary or higher
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166 (35.7)
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108 (46.2)
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23 (47.9)
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Mean hemoglobin at recruitment (g/dL)
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11.2 [1.4]
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11.3 [1.4]
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11.4 [1.5]
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- In multinomial logit regression of all baseline characteristics, only place of enrollment retained significance at p < 0.05 level in the model
- * Represents statistically significant difference at p < 0.05 level among the groups for log transformed age using one-way ANOVA
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aDefined as within one week of birth
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bRepresents statistically significant difference among the groups using Chi square at 0.05 level
