Christine Stabell Benn

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

A Randomised Trial of High-dose Vitamin A at Vaccination Contacts After 6 Months of Age: Sex-differential Effects on Mortality

Ane Fisker, Carlito Bale, Amabelia Rodrigues, Ibraima Balde, Manuel Fernandes, Mathias Jul Jørgensen, Niels Danneskiold-Samsøe, Linda Hornshøj, Julie Rasmussen, Emil Christensen, Bo M. Bibby, Peter Aaby & Christine Stabell Benn · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Though VAS at vaccination contacts has been recommended for many years, the policy has never been evaluated for its effect on overall mortality in randomised controlled trials. We evaluated the effect of the WHO recommendation of vitamin A supplementation (VAS) at rou...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20973