Publications by authors named "N Shivakumar"
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- Environmental enteropathy (EE) is a condition affecting children in low-resource settings due to exposure to enteric pathogens, and a new noninvasive breath test (C-SBT) to assess carbohydrate digestion was developed and validated.
- The study aimed to link the C-SBT results to the lactulose/rhamnose ratio (LR) and identify their relationship with child growth, as well as investigate connections with socio-economic factors, dietary diversity, and other EE biomarkers.
- Results indicated variability in C-SBT and LR measurements across different sites, with some associations found between child growth and test timing, but no significant links between C-SBT and LR or overall growth metrics were established.
Article Synopsis
- Assessing the digestive capabilities of the gastrointestinal tract in children, especially non-invasively, is challenging due to complex processes and variability in how functions are measured.
- * Childhood environmental enteropathy (EE) plays a key role in issues like growth and nutrition, linking poor nutrient absorption to conditions like malnutrition and cognitive impairment.
- * The review highlights mechanisms behind malabsorption in children, identifies promising non-invasive breath tests to evaluate this issue, and emphasizes the need for future research on its impact on growth and cognitive function.
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