Baseline Characteristics of Study Participants in the Early Life Interventions for Childhood Growth and Development in Tanzania (ELICIT) Trial

• Published in: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 103; no. 4; pp. 1397 - 1404
• Main Authors: Parpia, Tarina C., Elwood, Sarah E., Scharf, Rebecca J., McDermid, Joann M., Wanjuhi, Anne W., Rogawski McQuade, Elizabeth T., Gratz, Jean, Svensen, Erling, Swann, Jonathan R., Donowitz, Jeffrey R., Jatosh, Samwel, Katengu, Siphael, Mdoe, Paschal, Kivuyo, Sokoine, Houpt, Eric R., DeBoer, Mark D., Mduma, Estomih, Platts-Mills, James A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Institute of Tropical Medicine 01.10.2020; The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Subjects: Adult; Antibiotics; Azithromycin - therapeutic use; Body Weight; Child Health - statistics & numerical data; Child Nutrition Disorders; Child, Preschool; Childhood; Children & youth; Childrens health; Clinical trials; Cohort Studies; Early intervention; Early Medical Intervention; Female; Human subjects; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Mothers; Neonatal Sepsis - drug therapy; Neonatal Sepsis - epidemiology; Niacinamide - therapeutic use; Poverty; Respiratory Tract Infections - drug therapy; Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology; Rural Population; Seasons; Socioeconomic factors; Surveys and Questionnaires - statistics & numerical data; Tanzania - epidemiology; Thiazoles - therapeutic use; Young Adult; Tanzania

Recurrent enteric infections and micronutrient deficiencies, including deficiencies in the tryptophan-kynurenine-niacin pathway, have been associated with environmental enteric dysfunction, potentially contributing to poor child growth and development. We are conducting a randomized, placebo-control...