Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements containing different amounts of zinc along with diarrhea and malaria treatment increase iron and vitamin A status and reduce anemia prevalence, but do not affect zinc status in young Burkinabe children: a cluster-randomized trial
Abbeddou S, Yakes Jimenez E, Somé J, Ouédraogo J, Brown. K, Hess S. Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements containing different amounts of zinc along with diarrhea and malaria treatment increase iron and vitamin A status and reduce anemia prevalence, but do not affect zinc status in young Burkinabe children: a cluster-randomized trial. BMC Pediatrics 2017, 17: 46. PMID: 28152989, PMCID: PMC5288861, DOI: 10.1186/s12887-016-0765-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementsNon-intervention cohortLipid-based nutrient supplementsRetinol-binding proteinIntervention cohortAnemia prevalenceIllness treatmentIC childrenYoung Burkinabe childrenLower retinol-binding proteinSoluble transferrin receptorLower anemia prevalenceIron deficiency prevalenceCluster-randomized trialIndicators of ironPackage of interventionsIndicator of vitaminMonths of ageDifferent treatment groupsGroup-wise differencesTwo-stage clusterNIC childrenNutrient supplementsResultsAt baselineBurkinabe children