Characteristics of school-children participating in the study.

<p>Results are mean ± SD unless stated, ¹corrected for inflammation,²geometric mean ± SD, ³based on FER¹ <15 µg/L and/or TfR >8.3 mg/L, ⁴ 0.7≤ RBP¹ <1.05 µmol/L, ⁵RBP¹ <0.7 µmol/L, ⁶UIC <100 µg/L, ⁷UIC ≥200 µg/L, ⁸zinc <0.66 mg/L for girls ≥10 y, <0.70 mg/L for boys ≥10 y, and <0.65 mg/L for boys and girls <10 y, ⁹median (10th; 90th), HAZ: height-for-age z-scores, Hb: hemoglobin, FER: ferritin, TfR: transferrin receptors, ID: iron-deficiency, NS: not significant, RBP: retinol binding protein, VA: vitamin A, VAD: vitamin A deficiency.</p><p>Characteristics of school-children participating in the study.