Margia Arguello

The Effect of Antenatal Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation on Placental Angiogenesis and Fetal Growth Factors in Rural Bangladesh

Alison D. Gernand, Kerry J. Schulze, Saijuddin Shaikh, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Hasmot Ali, Ashika Nanayakkara-Bird, Margia Arguello, Lee Wu, Keith P. West, Jr & Parul Christian · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Pathways by which micronutrients may influence birth size are not well understood. To elucidate these, we assessed markers of placental angiogenesis and fetal growth factors in a substudy of a community-based, double blinded, cluster-randomized trial of maternal multi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21207

Malaria Exacerbates Inflammation-induced Bias in Ferritin and Soluble Transferrin Receptor Values

Maxwell A. Barffour, Kerry Schulze, Amanda Palmer, Justin Chileshe, Ng'andwe Kalungwana, Lee Wu, Christian Coles, Rolf Klemm, Margia Arguello, William Moss & Keith P. West Jr. · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: In the context of malaria and inflammation, the utility of ferritin and soluble transferring receptor (sTfR), as indicators of iron status may be compromised. In this study, we evaluated the effects of correcting for malaria and inflammation on the prevalence of iron...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21266