Effects of High and Low Dose Iron-Containing Micronutrient Powders for In-Home Fortification of Complementary Foods on the Gut Microbiome and Gut Inflammation in Kenyan Infants
Tanja Jaeggi, Guus Kortman, Diego Moretti, Christophe Chassard, Penny Holding, Alexandra Dostal, Jos Boekhorst, Harro Timmerman, Dorine Swinkels, Harold Tjalsma, Jane Njenga, Alice Mwangi, Jane Kvalsvig, Christophe Lacroix & Michael Zimmermann · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015
Objectives: Primary outcome was change in composition of gut microbiome, after 3 weeks and 4 months. Secondary outcomes were changes in faecal calprotectin, treated diarrhoea, anaemia, iron status and systemic inflammation. Methods: We performed two randomized controlled trials i...
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10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20875