2021
Characteristics that modify the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on child anemia and micronutrient status: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Wessells K, Arnold C, Stewart C, Prado E, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold B, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Becquey E, Brown K, Byrd K, Campbell R, Christian P, Fernald L, Fan Y, Galasso E, Hess S, Huybregts L, Jorgensen J, Kiprotich M, Kortekangas E, Lartey A, Le Port A, Leroy J, Lin A, Maleta K, Matias S, Mbuya M, Mridha M, Mutasa K, Naser A, Paul R, Okronipa H, Ouédraogo J, Pickering A, Rahman M, Schulze K, Smith L, Weber A, Zongrone A, Dewey K. Characteristics that modify the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on child anemia and micronutrient status: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 2021, 114: 68-94. PMID: 34590114, PMCID: PMC8560313, DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab276.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementsPrevalence of anemiaIndividual participant dataIron deficiencyRetinol-binding proteinEffect modifiersChild anemiaSmall-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementationStatus outcomesIndividual-level effect modifiersLipid-based nutrient supplementationLipid-based nutrient supplementsParticipant dataIndividual-level modifiersIron deficiency anemiaFe/dMo of ageFixed-effects modelDeficiency anemiaChild's hemoglobinEffect modificationIron statusChildren 6Study design characteristicsPlasma zinc
2019
Path analyses of risk factors for linear growth faltering in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso
Prado E, Jimenez E, Vosti S, Stewart R, Stewart C, Somé J, Pulakka A, Ouédraogo J, Okronipa H, Ocansey E, Oaks B, Maleta K, Lartey A, Kortekangas E, Hess S, Brown K, Bendabenda J, Ashorn U, Ashorn P, Arimond M, Adu-Afarwuah S, Abbeddou S, Dewey K. Path analyses of risk factors for linear growth faltering in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso. BMJ Global Health 2019, 4: e001155. PMID: 30775005, PMCID: PMC6350712, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexAge z-scoreProspective cohortMaternal heightGestational age z-scoreZ-scoreMaternal iron statusExclusive breast feedingAcute respiratory infectionsMonths post partumLinear growth falteringChild dietary diversityInternational LipidChild's feverBreast feedingRespiratory infectionsMass indexPregnancy durationRisk factorsIron statusGrowth falteringMaternal stressHemoglobin concentrationCohortPost partum
2017
Predictors and pathways of language and motor development in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi, and Burkina Faso
Prado E, Abbeddou S, Adu‐Afarwuah S, Arimond M, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Bendabenda J, Brown K, Hess S, Kortekangas E, Lartey A, Maleta K, Oaks B, Ocansey E, Okronipa H, Ouédraogo J, Pulakka A, Somé J, Stewart C, Stewart R, Vosti S, Jimenez E, Dewey K. Predictors and pathways of language and motor development in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi, and Burkina Faso. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2017, 58: 1264-1275. PMID: 28543426, PMCID: PMC5697619, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12751.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly child developmentIron statusMotor developmentProspective cohortPonderal growthAcute respiratory infectionsInternational LipidMaternal illnessExclusive breastfeedingMiddle-income countriesRespiratory infectionsPrevious reviewsMonths postpartumRisk factorsChild diarrheaCohortDesign of interventionsSocioeconomic statusCaregiver activitiesChild developmentPregnancyYoung childrenBurkina FasoDietary diversityChildren
2013
The effects of the acute phase response on biomarkers of iron status differ in the presence of malaria infection
Wessells R, Hess S, Ouedraogo Z, Rouamba N, Erhardt J, Ouedraogo J, Brown K. The effects of the acute phase response on biomarkers of iron status differ in the presence of malaria infection. The FASEB Journal 2013, 27: 107.7-107.7. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.107.7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchC-reactive proteinAcute phase responseIron statusAsymptomatic childrenSubclinical inflammationPlasma ferritinMalaria infectionMalarial parasitemiaPhase responseHigh prevalenceHigher geometric meanMalariaPrevalenceAP proteinInflammationChildrenInfectionGrant funding sourcesDeficiencyAGPGeometric meanStatusAntigenemiaBurkina FasoParasitemiaComparison of zinc protoporphyrin concentration in capillary whole blood and venous washed red blood cells among young Burkinabe children
Hess S, Yakes E, Abbeddou S, Peerson J, Some J, Ouedraogo Z, Ouedraogo J, Brown K. Comparison of zinc protoporphyrin concentration in capillary whole blood and venous washed red blood cells among young Burkinabe children. The FASEB Journal 2013, 27: 107.4-107.4. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.107.4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchYoung Burkinabe childrenRed blood cellsZinc protoporphyrinPresence of malariaBurkinabe childrenBlood samplesBlood cellsWhole bloodC-reactive proteinPresence of inflammationCapillary whole blood samplesMalaria-endemic regionsZinc protoporphyrin concentrationsRapid diagnostic testsCapillary whole bloodWashed red blood cellsWhole blood samplesVenous samplesVenous bloodIron statusEndemic regionsProtoporphyrin concentrationDiagnostic testsInflammationMalaria