Baseline characteristics at follow-up for children interviewed at long-term follow-up compared with those not interviewed by trial allocation (including those who declined participation, but excluding those who died before 4 weeks of age)
| Available for interview | Not available for interview | Total count | |||
| Exposure to the original Makwanpur trial | Exposure to the original Makwanpur trial | ||||
| Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | ||
| Total number of children | 51% (2232) | 49% (2187) | 58% (966) | 42% (690) | 6075 |
| Sex of child | |||||
| Female | 49% (1086) | 48% (1052) | 45% (436) | 48% (328) | 48% (2902) |
| Male | 51% (1143) | 52% (1130) | 55% (525) | 52% (354) | 52% (3152) |
| Caste | |||||
| Janajati | 82% (1827) | 74% (1616) | 80% (769) | 68% (462) | 77% (4674) |
| Newar | 2% (34) | 3% (59) | 3% (25) | 2% (14) | 2% (132) |
| Brahmin/Chhetri | 12% (261) | 18% (400) | 13% (122) | 25% (169) | 16% (952) |
| Dalit | 4% (87) | 4% (97) | 4% (38) | 4% (28) | 4% (250) |
| Other | 1% (20) | 0% (10) | 1% (7) | 1% (9) | 1% (46) |
| Primary household occupation | |||||
| Agriculture | 95% (2121) | 87% (1902) | 95% (917) | 87% (591) | 91% (5531) |
| Waged labour | 3% (71) | 8% (178) | 2% (19) | 8% (57) | 5% (325) |
| Salaried/government job | 1% (16) | 3% (63) | 1% (14) | 3% (20) | 2% (113) |
| Small business | 1% (21) | 2% (39) | 1% (11) | 2% (14) | 1% (85) |
| Asset score | |||||
| None | 56% (1251) | 51% (1103) | 55% (532) | 52% (353) | 54% (3239) |
| Clock, radio, iron or bicycle | 35% (781) | 31% (685) | 36% (345) | 33% (227) | 34% (2038) |
| More costly assets | 9% (197) | 18% (394) | 9% (84) | 15% (102) | 13% (777) |
| Household food sufficiency annually | |||||
| Fewer than 8 months | 28% (635) | 31% (684) | 31% (296) | 35% (236) | 31% (1851) |
| More than 8 months | 72% (1594) | 69% (1498) | 69% (665) | 65% (446) | 69% (4203) |
| Maternal education | |||||
| No education | 87% (1937) | 75% (1637) | 84% (812) | 72% (494) | 81% (4880) |
| 1–3 years | 5% (101) | 8% (178) | 4% (42) | 7% (46) | 6% (367) |
| 4–8 years | 7% (160) | 14% (307) | 9% (87) | 18% (121) | 11% (675) |
| 9+ years | 1% (31) | 3% (60) | 2% (20) | 3% (21) | 2% (132) |
| Maternal age | |||||
| <25 years old | 40% (886) | 45% (983) | 47% (451) | 48% (326) | 44% (2646) |
| 25–29 years old | 26% (579) | 26% (558) | 22% (213) | 27% (183) | 25% (1533) |
| 30+ years old | 34% (764) | 29% (641) | 31% (297) | 25% (173) | 31% (1875) |
| Gender of household head | |||||
| Male | 95% (2117) | 91% (1991) | 96% (920) | 91% (618) | 93% (5646) |
| Female | 5% (112) | 9% (191) | 4% (41) | 9% (64) | 7% (408) |
| Missing values (n) | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | |