Ane Bærent Fisker

Does Vitamin A Supplementation at Birth Prime a Beneficial Response to Subsequent Doses?

Ane Bærent Fisker, Ibraima Balde, Peter Aaby & Christine Stabell Benn · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: A previous follow-up study of a neonatal vitamin A supplementation (NVAS) trial in Guinea-Bissau indicated that NVAS primed for a beneficial response to subsequent VAS in girls. We aimed to test this hypothesis in another study population. Methods: In 2004-2007 we con...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20974

The Effect of Neonatal Vitamin A Supplementation on the Risk of Atopy; Long-term Follow-up on a Randomized Controlled Trial in Guinea-Bissau

Sofie Aage, Nick Kiraly, Kassarai Da Costa, Stine Byberg, Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, Ane Bærent Fisker, Peter Aaby & Christine Stabell Benn · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Neonatal vitamin A (NVAS) is currently being considered as policy in low income countries at risk of deficiency. We conducted NVAS trials in Guinea-Bissau and found sex-differential effects of NVAS on mortality, the effect being negative for females. We examined the e...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20959