Comparison of Preventive and Therapeutic Zinc Supplementation in Young Children in Burkina Faso: A Cluster-Randomized, Community-Based Trial 1–3
Becquey E, Ouédraogo C, Hess S, Rouamba N, Prince L, Ouédraogo J, Vosti S, Brown K. Comparison of Preventive and Therapeutic Zinc Supplementation in Young Children in Burkina Faso: A Cluster-Randomized, Community-Based Trial 1–3. Journal Of Nutrition 2016, 146: 2058-2066. PMID: 27489011, DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.230128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTherapeutic zinc supplementationPreventive zinc supplementationZinc supplementationNonintervention controlsMalaria incidenceDiarrhea incidenceZinc-deficient populationsPrevalence of diarrheaPlasma zinc concentrationTreatment of diarrheaPrimary outcomeBurkinabe childrenMSC groupLower incidenceNIC groupStudy groupTreatment groupsPrimary analysisControl groupDiarrheaIncidenceSupplementationTrial 1Young childrenFever