1. Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements containing different amounts of zinc along with diarrhea and malaria treatment increase iron and vitamin A status and reduce anemia prevalence, but do not affect zinc status in young Burkinabe children: a cluster-randomized trial
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Abbeddou, Souheila, Yakes Jimenez, Elizabeth, Somé, Jérome W, Ouédraogo, Jean Bosco, Brown., Kenneth H, and Hess, Sonja Y
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Clinical Sciences ,Nutrition ,Pediatric ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Clinical Research ,Hematology ,Prevention of disease and conditions ,and promotion of well-being ,3.3 Nutrition and chemoprevention ,Good Health and Well Being ,Anemia ,Biomarkers ,Diarrhea ,Dietary Supplements ,Double-Blind Method ,Female ,Global Health ,Humans ,Incidence ,Iron ,Malaria ,Male ,Micronutrients ,Nutritional Status ,Prevalence ,Retrospective Studies ,Vitamin A ,Zinc ,SQ-LNS ,Lipid-based nutrient supplements ,Hemoglobin ,Plasma zinc concentration ,Retinol-binding protein ,Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine ,Pediatrics ,Paediatrics ,Midwifery - Abstract
BackgroundWe assessed the effects of providing a package of interventions including small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) containing 0, 5 or 10 mg zinc and illness treatment to Burkinabe children from 9 to 18 months of age, on biomarkers of zinc, iron and vitamin A status at 18 months and compared with a non-intervention cohort (NIC).MethodsUsing a two-stage cluster randomized trial design, communities were randomly assigned to the intervention cohort (IC) or NIC, and extended family compounds within the IC were randomly assigned to different treatment groups. IC children (n = 2435) were provided with 20 g SQ-LNS/d containing 0, 5 or 10 mg zinc, 6 mg of iron and 400 μg of vitamin A along with malaria and diarrhea treatment. NIC children (n = 785) did not receive the intervention package. At 9 and 18 months, hemoglobin (Hb), zinc, iron and vitamin A status were assessed in a sub-group (n = 404). Plasma concentrations of zinc (pZC), ferritin (pF), soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) and retinol-binding protein (RBP) were adjusted for inflammation.ResultsAt baseline, 35% of children had low adjusted pZC (8.3 mg/L) and 47% had low adjusted RBP (
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- 2017