Efficacy of highly bioavailable zinc from fortified water: a randomized controlled trial in rural Beninese children12
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Keywords:
Benin
school-age children
water fortification
zinc absorption
zinc fortification
ABBREVIATIONS
AGP
α1-acid glycoprotein
CRP
C-reactive protein
ETH
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
FAZ
fractional zinc absorption
FM+W
zinc-fortified maize porridge consumed with ultrapure water
FW
zinc-fortified water alone
LSF
LifeStrawFamily
M+FW
arm with unfortified maize porridge but with zinc-fortified water
MEM
mixed-effects models
PZn
plasma zinc concentration
RCT
randomized controlled trial
SRSS
sparse random serial sampling
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Supported by Vestergaard, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Supplemental Table 1 and Supplemental Figures 1 and 2 are available from the “Online Supporting Material” link in the online posting of the article and from the same link in the online table of contents at http://ajcn.nutrition.org.
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These are joint first authors.
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These authors contributed equally to the article.
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