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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Lack of Associations between Environmental Exposures and Environmental Enteric Dysfunction among 18-Month-Old Children in Rural Malawi.

Zhifei Liu, Yue-Mei Fan, Per Ashorn, Chilungamo Chingwanda, Kenneth Maleta, Lotta Hallamaa, Heikki Hyöty, David Chaima, Ulla Ashorn

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01239693 (A Research Plan for a Randomised, Single-blind, Parallel Group Controlled Trial in Rural Malawi, Testing the Health Effects of Supplementing Maternal Diet During Pregnancy and Lactation and Infant Diet From 6 to 18 Months of Age With High-energy, Micronutrient Fortified Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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NCT01239693 phase3active not recruitingnot on this map

A Research Plan for a Randomised, Single-blind, Parallel Group Controlled Trial in Rural Malawi, Testing the Health Effects of Supplementing Maternal Diet During Pregnancy and Lactation and Infant Diet From 6 to 18 Months of Age With High-energy, Micronutrient Fortified Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements (LNS)

TypeinterventionalSponsorTampere UniversityRan2011 to 2027Enrolled1,391ConditionsInfant Malnutrition, Malnutrition in PregnancyArmsIFA, MMN, LNS
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhifei LiuCenter for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.
Yue-Mei FanCenter for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.
Per AshornCenter for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-2311-2593
Chilungamo ChingwandaSchool of Public Health & Family Medicine, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi.
Kenneth MaletaSchool of Public Health & Family Medicine, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi.ORCID 0000-0002-2536-3938
Lotta HallamaaCenter for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.
Heikki HyötyCenter for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.
David ChaimaSchool of Public Health & Family Medicine, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi.ORCID 0000-0002-5480-7542
Ulla AshornCenter for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.
Tampere University · FIKamuzu Central Hospital · MW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) is common and contributes to linear growth faltering (stunting) and mortality among children in low-resource settings. A few studies on the environmental causes of EED have been conducted but the exact exposures that cause or predispose children to EED are context-specific and not clear. This study aimed to assess associations between selected environmental exposures and EED markers among 620 18-month-old children. This was a secondary analysis of data from Malawian children who participated in a randomized controlled trial (iLiNS-DYAD, registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01239693) from birth to 18 months of age. Data on environmental exposures, including drinking water source, sanitation, exposure to animals, housing materials, season, residential area, and food insecurity were collected at enrolment. Biomarkers of EED included concentrations of calprotectin, regenerating 1B protein (REG1B), and alpha-1-antitrypsin from stool samples to assess intestinal inflammation, repair, and permeability, respectively. We performed bivariate and multivariable analyses to assess associations between environmental exposures and EED biomarkers. Adjusting for possible confounders, we did not find associations between the selected environmental exposures and the three biomarkers. These results do not provide support for our hypothesis that the studied adverse environmental exposures are associated with increased concentrations of children's EED markers in rural Malawi.

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Growth DisordersIntestine, SmallAnimalsBiomarkersEnvironmental ExposureHumansMalawiBiomarkersalpha-1-antitrypsincalprotectinenvironmental exposureMalawiREG1B

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PMID36078607
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