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
2014
Asymptomatic Malaria Infection Affects the Interpretation of Biomarkers of Iron and Vitamin A Status, Even after Adjusting for Systemic Inflammation, but Does Not Affect Plasma Zinc Concentrations among Young Children in Burkina Faso
Wessells K, Hess S, Ouédraogo Z, Rouamba N, Ouédraogo J, Brown K. Asymptomatic Malaria Infection Affects the Interpretation of Biomarkers of Iron and Vitamin A Status, Even after Adjusting for Systemic Inflammation, but Does Not Affect Plasma Zinc Concentrations among Young Children in Burkina Faso. Journal Of Nutrition 2014, 144: 2050-2058. PMID: 25411038, DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.200345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute-Phase ProteinsAcute-Phase ReactionAdolescentAnemia, Iron-DeficiencyAsymptomatic DiseasesBiomarkersBurkina FasoChildC-Reactive ProteinCross-Sectional StudiesDietary SupplementsFemaleFerritinsHemoglobinsHumansIron, DietaryLinear ModelsMalariaMaleMicronutrientsNutritional StatusOrosomucoidPrevalenceProteinsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRetinol-Binding ProteinsVitamin AVitamin A DeficiencyZincConceptsAcute phase proteinsElevated acute phase proteinsAsymptomatic malaria infectionsMalaria infectionMicronutrient statusBiomarkers of ironSoluble transferrin receptorVitamin A StatusAcute phase responseIndicators of ironPlasma zinc concentrationAsymptomatic malariaAsymptomatic childrenSystemic inflammationMalaria parasitemiaHigh prevalenceA StatusPhase proteinsInterpretation of biomarkersZinc statusIron deficiencyLower RBPHRP2PrevalenceMicronutrient deficiencies