Differing growth responses to nutritional supplements in neighboring health districts of Burkina Faso are likely due to benefits of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS)
Hess S, Peerson J, Becquey E, Abbeddou S, Ouédraogo C, Somé J, Jimenez E, Ouédraogo J, Vosti S, Rouamba N, Brown K. Differing growth responses to nutritional supplements in neighboring health districts of Burkina Faso are likely due to benefits of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS). PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0181770. PMID: 28771493, PMCID: PMC5542440, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181770.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLipid-based nutrient supplementsSmall-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementsMorbidity burdenHealth districtZinc supplementation studiesMonths of enrollmentCross-trial differencesCommunity-based trialCommunity health workersAge z-scoreNon-intervention control groupMonths old childrenAge-adjusted changesVillage-based community health workersType of interventionMean LAZMorbidity surveillanceNutrient supplementsBaseline characteristicsDiarrhea treatmentLNS groupMean ageChild morbidityZinc supplementationAnthropometric assessment