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The Role of Sulfur Amino Acids in Risk of Kwashiorkor

NCT03520621 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 360

Last updated 2018-05-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This observational cross-sectional study is investigating if young children in populations with higher prevalence of kwashiorkor malnutrition have lower dietary sulfur amino acid intake than populations with lower prevalence of kwashiorkor, controlling for multiple potential confounding factors. Intake is estimated through diet recalls during interviews with a child's caregiver, analysis of urine samples and analysis of food samples for their amino acid profiles.

Conditions

  • Kwashiorkor

Interventions

OTHER

No intervention

no intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • World Concern

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Action Contre la Faim

    collaborator OTHER

  • Rebuild Hope for Africa

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Dignitas International

    collaborator OTHER

  • Tufts University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Maxwell, PhD · Tufts University, Friedman School

Eligibility

Min Age
36 Months
Max Age
59 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-01
Primary Completion
2016-08-14
Completion
2017-08-02

Countries

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

Study Locations

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