Browsing by Autor "Pierre Traissac"

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Change in body water distribution index in infants who become stunted between 4 and 18 months of age
(Springer Nature, 2003) Agnès Gartner; Jacques Berger; Kirsten Simondon; B. Maire; Pierre Traissac; Christopher Ly; José Luís San Miguel; François Simondon; Francis Delpeuch
Definition and Prevalence of Anemia in Bolivian Women of Childbearing Age Living at High Altitudes: The Effect of Iron-Folate Supplementation
(Oxford University Press, 2009) Jacques Berger; Víctor M. Aguayo; José Luís San Miguel; C. Lujan; Wilma Téllez; Pierre Traissac
This paper discusses the effect that high altitudes have on iron metabolism and summarizes the results of an iron-folate supplementation trial. The two main objectives of the trial were to determine hemoglobin cut-off values for the diagnosis of anemia in Bolivian women of childbearing age living at high altitudes, and to estimate the prevalence of anemia in this population. The study showed that nutritional anemia is an important public health problem in such populations and that many methods of assessing it lead to an underestimation of prevalence. The cut-off values defined through this study, one of the few iron supplementation trials conducted at high altitudes, confirm the need to establish revised hemoglobin values for the diagnosis of anemia in populations living at high altitudes.
Weekly iron supplementation is as effective as 5 day per week iron supplementation in Bolivian school children living at high altitude
(Springer Nature, 1997) Jacques Berger; VM Aguayo; Wilma Téllez; C. Lujan; Pierre Traissac; JL San Miguel