NUSC 5173: Quantitative Epidemiology I
WEEK 5 Discussion Questions
Discuss how the results might have been affected if the comparison group was: (1) no milk instead of non-fortified milk; (2) Discuss how the results might have been affected if the comparison group was: milk fortified with other nutrients besides those being investigated in the study.
The experimental aim of the Sazawal study was to "to evaluate the efficacy of milk fortified with specific multiple micronutrients (providing additional 7.8 mg zinc, 9.6 mg iron, 4.2 g selenium, 0.27 mg copper, 156 g vitamin A, 40.2 mg vitamin C, 7.5 mg, vitamin E per day (three feeds) x 1 year) on morbidity in children compared with the same milk without fortification” (Sazawal et al., 2007, p.1).…