Baseline characteristics of 194 children from south-west Yunnan province, P.R. China, who participated in a randomized controlled trial conducted from October 2011 to May 2012.

aValues are number of children (%) or mean (standard deviation; SD). For infection intensity, data is presented as median (interquartile range).bWasting is defined as ≤−2 BAZ score.cStunting is defined as ≤−2 HAZ score.dAnemia is defined according to WHO age-specific cut-offs: Hb−1 for ages −1 for ages ≥12 and n.a.: not applicable; n.r.: not represented.