Antenatal micronutrient supplementation reduces metabolic syndrome in 6- to 8-year-old children in rural Nepal

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1575-1581

  Stewart, Christine P ^a   Christian, Parul ^a   Schulze, Kerry J ^a   LeClerq, Steven C ^a,b   West Jr , Keith P ^a   Khatry, Subarna K ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN; IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEPAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRON; KIDNEY DISEASES; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TRACE ELEMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS; ZINC;

EID: 67749085994     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.106666     Document Type: Article

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