Adjusting retinol-binding protein concentrations for inflammation: Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue , 2017, Pages 390S-401S

  Larson, Leila M ^a   Namaste, Sorrel ML ^c,d   Williams, Anne M ^b   Engle Stone, Reina ^e   Addo, O Yaw ^b   Suchdev, Parminder S ^a,b,f   Wirth, James P ^g   Temple, Victor ^h   Serdula, Mary ^f   Northrop Clewes, Christine A ⁱ  

^a Laney Graduate School

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c and Innovations in Nutrition Globally ^*  (United States)

^d HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g GroundWork   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

ⁱ Independent Public Health Nutrition Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anemia; inflammation; meta analysis; nutritional assessment; retinol binding protein; vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; OROSOMUCOID; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MALARIA; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OROSOMUCOID; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85026309674     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.142166     Document Type: Article

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