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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2021

Changes of Plasma Amino Acid Profiles in Infants With a Nutrient-Fortified Complementary Food Supplement: Evidence From a 12-Month Single-Blind Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.

Chie Furuta, Wataru Sato, Hitoshi Murakami, Devika J Suri, Gloria E Otoo, Kwaku Tano-Debrah, Shibani A Ghosh

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 47% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Chie FurutaInstitute of Food Science and Technologies, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Kawasaki-city, Japan.
Wataru SatoResearch Institute for Bioscience Products and Fine Chemicals, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Kawasaki-city, Japan.
Hitoshi MurakamiInstitute of Food Science and Technologies, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Kawasaki-city, Japan.
Devika J SuriNevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, United States.
Gloria E OtooDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana.
Kwaku Tano-DebrahDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana.
Shibani A GhoshNevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, United States.
Ajinomoto (Japan) · JPUniversity of Ghana · GHTufts University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stunting is reportedly associated with low circulating levels of essential amino acids (EAAs). This study examined the effect of a macronutrient- and micronutrient-fortified complementary food supplement (KOKO Plus) on specific plasma EAA levels and stunting in infants aged 6-18 months. In a single-blind cluster-randomized controlled trial conducted in Ghana, infants were enrolled at 6 months and followed until 18 months. Thirty-eight communities were randomly assigned to receive KOKO Plus (KP, fourteen communities,

Indexed as

complementary food supplementlength-for-age z-scoreplasma branched-chain amino acidsplasma essential amino acidsstunting

Identifiers

PMID34660654
PMCPMC8514778
OpenAlexW3203370991

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