Anthropometric measurements of all champions in RG Kar and Chetla slums (n=12)
| Preintervention mean (SD) | Postintervention mean (SD) | Difference between combined mean preintervention and postintervention (p value) | |||||||
| Combined mean (n=12) | Chetla | RG Kar | Interslum difference (p value) | Combined mean (n=12) | Chetla | RG Kar | Interslum difference (p value) | ||
| Height (cm) | 150.6 | 147.5 (6.8) | 153.7 (4.1) | −6.2 (p=0.09) | 151.8 | 150.7 (7.5) | 153.0 (4.0) | −2.3 (p=0.69) | +1.25 (p=0.54) |
| Weight (kg) | 51.9 | 57.1 (13.6) | 46.6 (5.3) | +10.5 (p=0.23) | 51.3 | 56.8 (13.0) | 45.8 (6.1) | +11.0 (p=0.17) | −0.6 (p=0.89) |
| BMI (m/kg2) | 22.9 | 25.9 (5.3) | 19.8 (3.1) | +6.1 (p=0.03) | 22.2 | 24.7 (3.7) | 19.7 (3.7) | +5.0 (p=0.05) | −0.7 (p=0.89) |
| MUAC (cm) | 26.4 | 27.4 (3.5) | 25.3 (1.8) | +2.1 (p=0.30) | 25.7 | 26.8 (2.7) | 24.5 (2.6) | +2.3 (p=0.20) | −0.7 (p=0.56) |
Values presented as mean (SD). For p values, Mann-Whitney U test (two tailed) was used, significant at p<0.05. Bold values indicate statistical significance.
BMI, body mass index; MUAC, mid-upper arm circumferance.