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No studies found 52 · 20.4%GRADE not reported 17 · 6.7%Very low 66 · 25.9%Low 62 · 24.3%Moderate 48 · 18.8%High 10 · 3.9%

Summary of findings: lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS) vs CSB++

Weight gain · children with MAM

1 finding from 1 review

Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 3389 participants
Moderate

Summary of findings: lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS) vs CSB++

WHZ gain · children with MAM

1 finding from 1 review

Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 3048 participants
Moderate

Summary of findings: lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS) vs CSB++

MUAC gain · children with MAM

1 finding from 1 review

Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 3730 participants
Moderate

Summary of findings: lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS) vs CSB++

Height gain (cm) · children with MAM

1 finding from 1 review

Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 3730 participants
High

Summary of findings: Lipid‐based nutrient supplements (full dose) vs Blended foods (full dose)

Recovered · children with MAM

Summary of findings: Lipid‐based nutrient supplements (full dose) probably leads to higher recovered compared with blended foods (full dose) (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.1 [1.04, 1.16]
5 studies · 6367 participants
Moderate

Summary of findings: Lipid‐based nutrient supplements (full dose) vs Blended foods (full dose)

Not recovered · children with MAM

Summary of findings: Lipid‐based nutrient supplements (full dose) leads to lower not recovered compared with blended foods (full dose) (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.53 [0.4, 0.69]
3 studies · 4537 participants
High