2006
Folate, vitamin B12 and total homocysteine levels in neonates from Brazil
Couto F, Moreira L, dos Santos D, Reis M, Gonçalves M. Folate, vitamin B12 and total homocysteine levels in neonates from Brazil. European Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 2006, 61: 382-386. PMID: 16988650, DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602528.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal homocysteine levelsGroup 1Higher socioeconomic statusVitamin B12Homocysteine levelsGroup 2Maternal environmental risk factorsNewborn health statusSocioeconomic statusVitamin B12 levelsCross-sectional transversal studyMothers of babiesCord blood samplesHigh-risk factorsTime of deliveryEnvironmental risk factorsFolate binding proteinAdequate health careFluorescence polarization immunoassayPregnancy complicationsB12 levelsSerum levelsVitamin supplementationNewborn healthPrenatal care
1998
Schistosoma mansoni infection and nutritional status in schoolchildren: a randomized, double-blind trial in northeastern Brazil 1 2 3
Assis A, Barreto M, Prado M, Reis M, Parraga I, Blanton R. Schistosoma mansoni infection and nutritional status in schoolchildren: a randomized, double-blind trial in northeastern Brazil 1 2 3. American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 1998, 68: 1247-1253. PMID: 9846854, DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/68.6.1247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexNutritional statusMidarm circumferenceMansoni infectionMass indexSchistosome infectionChronic S. mansoni infectionDouble-blind trialDouble-blind fashionSchistosoma mansoni infectionS. mansoni infectionTriceps skinfold thicknessArm muscle areaPlacebo groupBrazilian schoolchildrenAnthropometric measurementsAnthropometric measuresSkinfold thicknessRate of improvementUntreated boysInfectionMuscle areaSignificant differencesSignificant increaseShort-term growth
1996
Gender differences in growth of school-aged children with schistosomiasis and geohelminth infection.
Parraga I, Assis A, Prado M, Barreto M, Reis M, King C, Blanton R. Gender differences in growth of school-aged children with schistosomiasis and geohelminth infection. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1996, 55: 150-6. PMID: 8780452, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnalysis of VarianceAnthropometryAscariasisBody CompositionBrazilCase-Control StudiesChildDouble-Blind MethodFecesFemaleGrowth DisordersHumansMaleNutrition DisordersNutritional StatusParasite Egg CountProspective StudiesSchistosomiasis mansoniSex CharacteristicsSocioeconomic FactorsTrichuriasisConceptsUpper arm circumferenceTriceps skinfoldS. mansoniS. mansoni-infected childrenMid-upper arm circumferenceModerate-intensity infectionDevelopment of malnutritionEffect of treatmentSubscapular skinfold measurementsInfected boysInfected childrenArm circumferenceGeohelminth infectionsSchool-aged childrenIntensity of infectionBrazilian schoolchildrenAnthropometric measurementsChronic malnutritionIntensity infectionsControl childrenGrowth retardationGrowth deficitsSchistosoma mansoniSkinfold measurementsInfection