Nutrition Supplement Distribution Analysis
Fig 12. Forest plot: Lipid-based nutrient supplement
versus specially formulated micronutrient fortified foods,
outcome: 1.23 Relapse after discharge.
LNS
Control
Study or Subgroup Events Total Events Total Weight
Risk Ratio
M-H, Random, 95% CI
LaGrone 2012
Nackers 2010
224 1314
33 170
110 653 81.0%
33 152 19.0%
1.01 [0.82, 1.25]
0.89 (0.58, 1.37]
Total (95% CI)
1484
805 100.0%
0.99 [0.82, 1.19]
Total events
257
143
Heterogeneity: Tau2 0.00; Chi 0.26, df = 1 (P = 0.61); 12=0%
Test for overall effect: Z = 0.12 (P=0.90)
Risk Ratio
M-H, Random, 95% CI
0.1 0.2 0.5 1 2 5 10
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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