Table 4 Comparison of change of Hb with and without iron-folic acid supplementation among VL patients at UoG-LRTC and MSF-KTC northwest Ethiopia, 2017
Variable | Hemoglobin (g/dl) | 95% CI of the mean difference | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iron-folic acid supplementation | N | Initial | Final | Change of mean (±SD) | Mean difference | Lower | upper | |
Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | |||||||
Yes | 303 | 8.0 (1.7) | 8.99 (1.67) | 0.99 (1.64) | < 0.0001 | |||
No | 299 | 8.77 (2.18) | 10.38 (1.85) | 1.61 (1.88) | 0.62 | 0.34 | 0.90 | |