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Trial reportJournal of nutritional science2019

A macro- and micronutrient-fortified complementary food supplement reduced acute infection, improved haemoglobin and showed a dose-response effect in improving linear growth: a 12-month cluster randomised trial.

Shibani A Ghosh, Nicholas R Strutt, Gloria E Otoo, Devika J Suri, Judith Ankrah, Thomas Johnson, Paul Nsiah, Chie Furuta, Hitoshi Murakami, Gillian Perera and 5 more

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of nutritional science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Shibani A GhoshNevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5893-6774
Nicholas R StruttNevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, USA.
Gloria E OtooUniversity of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Devika J SuriNevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, USA.
Judith AnkrahUniversity of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Thomas JohnsonUniversity of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Paul NsiahUniversity of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Chie FurutaAjinomoto Co. Inc., Chūō, Tokyo, Japan.
Hitoshi MurakamiAjinomoto Co. Inc., Chūō, Tokyo, Japan.
Gillian PereraNevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, USA.
Kenneth ChuiFriedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
Kennedy BomfehUniversity of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Harold Amonoo-KuofiUniversity of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Kwaku Tano-DebrahUniversity of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Ricardo UauyNevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, USA.
University of Ghana · GHUniversity of Cape Coast · GHAjinomoto (Japan) · JPTufts University · USUniversity of Chile · CL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inadequate protein quality may be a risk factor for poor growth. To examine the effect of a macronutrient-micronutrient supplement KOKO Plus (KP), provided to infants from 6 to 18 months of age, on linear growth, a single-blind cluster-randomised study was implemented in Ghana. A total of thirty-eight communities were randomly allocated to receive KP (fourteen communities,

Indexed as

Communicable Disease ControlDietary SupplementsFood, FortifiedHemoglobinsAnthropometryBiomarkersCommunicable DiseasesFemaleFood SupplyGhanaHumansInfantInfant Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaInflammationMaleMicronutrientsBiomarkersHemoglobinsMicronutrientsAGP, α-1-acid-glycoproteinB, baselineComplementary feedingCRP, C-reactive proteinE, endlineGHS, Ghana Health ServiceHbIGF-1, insulin-like growth factor-1KOKO PlusKP, KOKO PlusLAZ, length-for-age Z-scoreLinear growthM, midlineMN, micronutrient powderMUAC, mid upper arm circumferenceNE, nutrition educationRNI, recommended nutrient intakesWAZ, weight-for-age Z-scoreWHZ, weight-for-height Z-scoreWLZ, weight-for-length Z-score

Identifiers

PMID31275576
PMCPMC6598226
OpenAlexW2955448988

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