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| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1093/cdn/nzz100 |
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| Title (Primary) | Serum amino acid concentrations in infants from Malawi are associated with linear growth |
| Author | Ordiz, M.I.; Semba, R.D.; Moaddel, R.; Rolle-Kampczyk, U.; von Bergen, M.; Herberth, G.
; Khadeer, M.; Röder, S.
; Manary, M.J. |
| Source Titel | Current Developments in Nutrition |
| Year | 2019 |
| Department | IMMU; MOLSYB |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Page From | nzz100 |
| Language | englisch |
| Keywords | amino acids; stunting; linear growth; Africa; global health |
| Abstract | Serum amino acid (AA) concentrations are correlated with childhood stunting, but their relationship to linear growth velocity has not been explored. This was a secondary analysis of a clinical trial where Malawian infants 6–12 mo. of age were given a legume supplement providing 8.2 g/d of protein; anthropometry was measured at multiple intervals, and fasted serum AAs concentrations were measured at 12 mo. of age. Lysine, proline, tryptophan, tyrosine and valine concentrations were higher in infants with linear growth velocity z-score > 0 than those <0. Corrected Spearman's correlation coefficients between individual AA concentrations and weight-for-height and length velocity from 6–12 months of age were positively correlated for glycine, isoleucine, proline, serine, threonine, tyrosine and valine. Additionally, weight-for-height was correlated with arginine, asparagine, glutamine, leucine, lysine, methionine and phenylalanine. The observed associations suggest that testing the hypothesis that essential AA provision will reduce linear growth faltering is warranted. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=22229 |
| Ordiz, M.I., Semba, R.D., Moaddel, R., Rolle-Kampczyk, U., von Bergen, M., Herberth, G., Khadeer, M., Röder, S., Manary, M.J. (2019): Serum amino acid concentrations in infants from Malawi are associated with linear growth Curr. Dev. Nutr. 3 (10), nzz100 10.1093/cdn/nzz100 |
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