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| Title |
Correlates of whole-blood polyunsaturated fatty acids among young children with moderate acute malnutrition
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| Published in |
Nutrition Journal, July 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12937-017-0264-3 |
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| Authors |
C. W. Yaméogo, B. Cichon, C. Fabiansen, M. J. H. Rytter, D. Faurholt-Jepsen, K. D. Stark, A. Briend, S. Shepherd, A. S. Traoré, V. B. Christensen, K. F. Michaelsen, H. Friis, L. Lauritzen |
| Abstract |
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has been associated with low polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) status. However, investigations regarding PUFA status and correlates in children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) from low-income countries are scarce. The aim of this study was to describe whole-blood PUFA levels in children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and to identify correlates of PUFAs. We conducted a cross-sectional study using baseline data from a prospective nutritional intervention trial among 1609 children with MAM aged 6-23 months in Burkina Faso,West Africa. Whole-blood PUFAs were measured by gas chromatography and expressed as percent of total whole-blood fatty acids (FA%). Potential correlates of PUFAs including infection, inflammation, hemoglobin, anthropometry (difference between children diagnosed as having MAM based on low mid-upper-arm-circumference (MUAC) only, low MUAC and weight-for-height z-score (WHZ), or low WHZ only) and diet were assessed by linear regression adjusted for age and sex. Children with MAM had low concentrations of whole-blood PUFAs, particularly n-3 PUFAs. Moreover, children diagnosed with MAM based only on low MUAC had 0.32 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.14; 0.50) and 0.40 (95% CI, 0.16; 0.63) FA% lower arachidonic acid (AA) than those recruited based on both low WHZ as well as low MUAC and those recruited with low WHZ only, respectively. Infection and inflammation were associated with low levels of all long-chain (LC)-PUFAs, while hemoglobin was positively associated with whole-blood LC-PUFAs. While PUFA deficiency was not a general problem, overall whole-blood PUFA concentrations, especially of n-3 PUFAs, were low. Infection, inflammation, hemoglobin, anthropometry and diet were correlates of PUFAs concentrations in children with MAM. The trial is registered at http://www.isrctn.com ( ISRCTN42569496 ). |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Lebanon | 2 | 40% |
| Japan | 1 | 20% |
| France | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 40% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 85 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 14% |
| Researcher | 10 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 11% |
| Unknown | 31 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 7% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 12% |
| Unknown | 34 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 July 2017.
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#118,150
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