Nutrition Supplement Distribution Analysis
Fig 5. Forest plot: Lipid-based nutrient supplement versus Specially
formulated micronutrient fortified foods, outcome:
1.3 Recovery from moderate acute malnutrition.
Study or Subgroup
1.3.2 RUSF
Ackatia-Armah 2015 (C
Delchevalerie 2015 (C)
LNS
Control
Risk Ratio
Events Total Events Total Weight M-H, Random, 95% CI
328
335
020
74.30 14.00 1201
Risk Ratio
M-H, Random, 95% CI
Karakochuk 2012 (C)
LaGrone 2012
Matilsky 2009
Medoua 2016
Nikiema 2014 (C)
Subtotal (95% CI)
Total events
Heterogeneity: Tau² =
Test for overall effect: 2
1.3.3 RUTF
Nackers 2010
Subtotal (95% CI)
Total events
Heterogeneity: Not applicable
"Subset analyses
suggested higher
recovery rates with
greater amount of
calories provided."
Test for overall effect: Z = 3.43 (P = 0.0006)
Total (95% CI)
4683
Total events
3812
4251 100.0%
1.08 [1.02, 1.14]
3066
Heterogeneity: Tau² = 0.00; Chi² = 34.74, df = 7 (P < 0.0001); 1² = 80%
Test for overall effect: Z = 2.69 (P=0.007)
Test for subgroup differences: Chi 5.17, df = 1 (P = 0.02), 12 80.7%
0.01
0.1
1
10
100
Favours [LNS] Favours (control]
Gera T, Pena-Rosas JP, Boy-Mena E, Sachdev HS (2017) Lipid based nutrient supplements (LNS) for treatment of children (6 months to 59
months) with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM): A systematic review. PLOS ONE 12(9): e0182096.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182096
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182096
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