Publications from other projects

2023

Pathak BG, Sinha B, Sharma N, Mazumder S, Bhandari N. Effects of kangaroo mother care on maternal and paternal health systematic review and meta-analysis. Bull World Health Organ 2023; 101:391–402G. http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.22.288977
van Eijk AM et. al. Prevalence of and risk factors for microscopic and submicroscopic malaria infections in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Global Health 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00194-8
Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold CD, Lartey A, Okronipa H, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Dewey KG. Prevalence of morbidity symptoms among pregnant and postpartum women receiving different nutrient supplements in Ghana and Malawi: A secondary outcome analysis of two randomised controlled trials. Maternal Child Nutr. 2023; e13501. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13501
Koivu AM, Näsänen-Gilmore PK, Hunter PJ, Muthiani Y, Isojärvi J, Heimonen O, Bastola K, Csonka L, Ashorn P, Ashorn U. Antenatal interventions to address harmful behaviors and psychosocial risk factors in the prevention of low birth weight. AJCN 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2022.11.028
Koivu AM et. al. What more can be done? Prioritizing the most promising antenatal interventions to improve birth weight. AJCN 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2022.10.022
Näsänen-Gilmore PK, Koivu AM, Hunter PJ, Muthiani Y, Pörtfors P, Heimonen O, Kajander V, Ashorn P, Ashorn U. A modular systematic review of antenatal interventions targeting modifiable environmental exposures in improving low birth weight. AJCN 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2022.11.029
Muthiani Y, Hunter PJ, Näsänen-Gilmore PK, Koivu AM, Isojärvi J, Luoma J, Salenius M, Hadji M, Ashorn U, Ashorn P. Antenatal interventions to reduce the risk of low birth weight related to maternal infections during pregnancy. AJCN 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.02.025
Hunter PJ, Muthiani Y, Näsänen-Gilmore PK, Koivu AM, Pörtfors P, Bastola K, Vimpeli R, Luoma J, Ashorn U and Ashorn P. A modular systematic review of antenatal interventions to address undernutrition during pregnancy in the prevention of low birth weight. AJCN 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.01.024
Roca A et. al. Effect of Intrapartum Azithromycin vs Placebo on Neonatal Sepsis and Death, Gambia, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.24388
Madanitsa et. al. Effect of monthly intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine with and without azithromycin versus monthly sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine on adverse pregnancy outcomes in Africa: a double-blind randomised, partly placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet 2023. doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00101-0
Khara et. al. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Anthropometric criteria for best-identifying children at high risk of mortality: a pooled analysis of twelve cohorts. Public Health Nutrition 2023. doi:10.1017/S136898002300023X
Badr, H et. al. Spatiotemporal variaiton in risk of Shigella infection in childhood: a global risk mapping and prediction model using individual participant data. Lancet Global Health 2023; 11: e373–84
Legba B, Dougnon V, Koudokpon H, Mero S, Elovainio R, Parry M, Bamkole H and Haukka K. Assessment of blood cultures and antibiotic susceptibility testing for bacterial sepsis diagnosis and utilization of results by clinicians in Benin: A qualitative study. Front. Public Health 2023 10:1088590. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1088590
Luoma et. al. Association Between Asymptomatic Infections and Linear Growtg in 18–24- month-old Malawian Children. Matern Child Nutr. 2023; 19: e13417

2022

Briend A et. al. Prognostic value of different anthropometric indices over different measurement intervals to predict mortality in 6-59- month-old children. Public Health Nutrition 2022. doi:10.1017/S1368980023000149
Briend A. Optimal weight gain in recovering children treated for severe acute malnutrition. World Nutrition 2022.
Thurstans S et. al. Anthropometric deficits and the associated risk of death by age and sex in children aged 6-59 months: A meta-analysis. Matern Child Nutr. 2022; e13431
Thurstans S et. al. Understanding Sex Differences in Childhood Undernutrition: A Narrative Review. Nutrients 2022.
Sadler K et al. How Can Nutrition Research Better Reflect the Relationship Between Wasting and Stunting in Children? Learnings from the Wasting and Stunting Project. The Journal of Nutrition Perspectives 2022; 00: 1 – 7.
Odei Obeng-Amoako G et. al. How do children with severe underweight and wasting respond to treatment? A pooled secondary data analysis to inform future intervention studies. Matern Child Nutr. 2022; e13434
Mwene-Batu P, Bisimwa G, Donnen P, Bisimwa J, Tshongo C, Dramaix M, Hermans MP and Briend A. Risk of Chronic Disease after an Episode of Marasmus, Kwashiorkor or Mixed-Type Severe Acute Malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The Lwiro Follow-Up Study. Nutrients 2022.
Kangas S, Salpéteur C, Nikièma V, Ritz C, Friis H, Briend A and Kaestel P. Predictors of time to recovery and non-response during outpatient treatment of severe acute malnutrition. PLoS One 2022.
Friis H. et. al. Serum cobalamin in children with moderate acute malnutrition in Burkina Faso: Secondary analysis of a randomized trial. PLoS Med 2022, 19 (3): e1003943
Briend A. Kwashiorkor – N ew evidence in the puzzle of oedema formation. eBioMedicine 2022, 80:104070.
Wai Ku C et. al. Nocturnal Lifestyle Behaviours and Risk of Poor Sleep during Pregnancy. Nutrients 2022, 14, 2348.
Wai Ku C. et. al. Dietary Supplement Intake and Fecundability in a Singapore Preconception Cohort Study. Nutrients 2022, 14, 5110.
Teo I et. al. The Psychological Well-Being of Southeast Asian Frontline Healthcare Workers during COVID-19: A Multi-Country Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 6380.
Si Xuan Loo R, Yap F, Wai Ku C, Cheung YB, Tan KH, Chan JKY and Loy SL. Maternal meal irregularities during pregnancy and lifestyle correlates. Appetite 168, 2022
Menglin Lee K, Ma X, Yang CM and Cheung YB. Inclusion of unexposed clusters improves the precision of fixed effects analysis of stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials. Statistics in Medicine 2022.
Ma X and Cheung, YB. Crtrest: A command for ratio estimators of intervention effects on event rates in cluster randomized trials. The Stata Journal 2022: 22, number 4, pp. 908 – 923
Hui-Shan Neo S, Yun-Ting Tan J, Kheng-Leng Sim D, Swee-Ling Ng E, Xingyuan Loh JK, Yang GM, Murtagh FEM and Cheung YB. Validity and Reliability of the Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale in Asian Heart Failure Patients. Palliative Medicine reports 2022.
Gandhi M, Tan, RS, Lim SL, Rand K, Lam CSP, Luo N and Cheung, YB. Investigating 5-Level EQ-5D (EQ-5D-5L) Values Based on Preferences of Patients With Heart Disease. Value Health, 2022
Cheung YB, Ma X, Lam KF, Yung CF and Milligan, P. Modelling non-linear patterns of time-varying intervention effects on recurrent events in infectious disease prevention studies. Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, 2022
Liu, E. et. al. Effects of prenatal nutritional supplements on gestational weight gain in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis of individual participant data Am J Clin Nutr 2022;0:1–13
Mtove et. al. The choice of reference chart affects the strength of the association between malaria in pregnancy and small for gestational age: an individual participant data meta-analysis comparing the Intergrowth-21 with a Tanzanian birthweight chart Malaria Journal (2022) 21:292
Dewey et. al. Preventive small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements reduce severe wasting and severe stunting among young children: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Am J Clin Nutr 2022;0:1–20
Dale NM, Ashir GM, Maryah LB, Shepherd S, Tomlinson G, Briend A, Zlotkin S and Parshuram C. Development and an initial validation of the Responses to Illness Severity Quantification (RISQ) score for severely malnourished children. Acta Paediatr. 2022;00:1–12.
Mahfuz et. al. COVID-19 among staff and their family members of a healthcare research institution in Bangladesh between March 2020 and April 2021: a test-negative case–control study. BMJ Open 2022;12
Das R, Kabir F, Ashorn P, Simon J, Chisti MJ and Ahmed T. Maternal Underweight and Its Association with Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure among Children under Two Years of Age with Diarrhea in Bangladesh. Nutrients 2022, 14, 1935
Choudhary MJ, Penninkangas RM, Eräranta A, Niemelä O, mangani C, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Ashorn U and Pörsti I. Posture-Related Differences in Cardiovascular Function Between Young Men and Women: Study of Noninvasive Hemodynamics in Rural Malawi. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022;11
Haskell, et.al. Provision of Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Increases Plasma Selenium Concentration in Pregnant Women in Malawi: A Secondary Outcome of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Curr Dev Nutr 2022;6
Akseer, N., et al. Characteristics and birth outcomes of pregnant adolescents compared to older women An analysis of individual level data from 140,000 mothers from 20 RCTs The Lancet, 2022 Mar
Smith et. al. Longitudinal Assessment of Prenatal, Perinatal, and Early-Life Aflatoxin B1 Exposure in 828 Mother–Child Dyads from Bangladesh and Malawi. Curr Dev Nutr. 2022 Jan
Gomes F, Ashorn P, Askari S, Belizan JM, Boy E, Cormick G, Dickin KL, Driller-Colangelo AR, Fawzi W, Hofmeyr GJ, Humphrey J, Khadilkar A, Mandlik R, Neufeld LM, Palacios C, Roth DE, Shlisky J, Sudfeld CR, Weaver C, Bourassa MW. Calcium supplementation for the prevention of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: current evidence and programmatic considerations. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2022 Jan 8. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14733. Epub ahead of print.
Korhonen P, Tihtonen K, Isojärvi J, Ojala R, Ashorn U, Ashorn P, Tammela O. Calcium supplementation during pregnancy and long-term offspring outcome: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2022 Jan 3. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14729. Epub ahead of print.

2021

Garenne M. et. al. Changing sex differences in undernutrition of African children: findings from Demographic and Health Surveys. Journal of Biosocial Science 2021.
Ma X, et. al. Ratio estimators of intervention effects on event rates in cluster randomized trials. Statistics in Medicine, 2021.
Ma X, et. al. Inclusion of unexposed subjects improves the precision and power of self-controlled case series method. Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics 2021.
Antibiotics for Children With Diarrhea (ABCD) Study Group. Effect of 3 Days of Oral Azithromycin on Young Children With Acute Diarrhea in Low-Resource Settings: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Dec 1;4(12):e2136726. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36726.
Räikkönen K, Gissler M, Ashorn P, Kajantie E. Sikiöaikaisen sopeutumisen mekanismit. Duodecim. 2021;137(24):2716-23.
Tihtonen K, Korhonen P, Isojärvi J, Ojala R, Ashorn U, Ashorn P, Tammela O. Calcium supplementation during pregnancy and maternal and offspring bone health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2021 Nov 15. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14705. Epub ahead of print.
Wright CM, Haig C, Harjunmaa U, Sivakanthan H, Cole TJ. Assessing the optimal time interval between growth measurements using a combined data set of weights and heights from 5948 infants. Arch Dis Child. 2021 Sep 14;archdischild-2021-322479. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-322479.
Sinha B, Sommerfelt H, Ashorn P, Mazumder S, Taneja S, More D, Bahl R, Bhandari N. Effect of Community-Initiated Kangaroo Mother Care on Postpartum Depressive Symptoms and Stress Among Mothers of Low-Birth-Weight Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Apr 1;4(4):e216040. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.6040.
Park JJH, Grais RF, Taljaard M, Nakimuli-Mpungu E, Jehan F, Nachega JB, Ford N, Xavier D, Kengne AP, Ashorn P, Socias ME, Bhutta ZA, Mills EJ. Urgently seeking efficiency and sustainability of clinical trials in global health. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 May;9(5):e681-e690. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30539-8.
Park JJH, Ford N, Xavier D, Ashorn P, Grais RF, Bhutta ZA, Goossens H, Thorlund K, Socias ME, Mills EJ. Randomised trials at the level of the individual. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 May;9(5):e691-e700. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30540-4.
Dron L, Taljaard M, Cheung YB, Grais R, Ford N, Thorlund K, Jahan F, Nakimuli-Mpungu E, Xavier D, Bhutta ZA, Park JJH, Mills EJ. The role and challenges of cluster randomised trials for global health. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 May;9(5):e701-e710. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30541-6.
Wright CM, Macpherson J, Bland R, Ashorn P, Zaman S, Ho FK. Wasting and Stunting in Infants and Young Children as Risk Factors for Subsequent Stunting or Mortality: Longitudinal Analysis of Data from Malawi, South Africa, and Pakistan. J Nutr. 2021 Apr 8:nxab054. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab054. Epub ahead of print.
Kobeissi L, Nair M, Evers ES, Han MD, Aboubaker S, Say L, Rollins N, Darmstadt GL, Blanchet K, Garcia DM, Hagon O, Ashorn P; Members of the WHO research prioritization group for SRMNCAH promotion in humanitarian settings. Setting research priorities for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in humanitarian settings. Confl Health. 2021 Mar 26;15(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s13031-021-00353-w.
Mohanraj U, Jokinen M, Thapa RR, Paloniemi M, Vesikari T, Lappalainen M, Tarkka E, Nora-Krūkle Z, Vilmane A, Vettenranta K, Mangani C, Oikarinen S, Fan YM, Ashorn P, Väisänen E, Söderlund-Venermo M. Human Protoparvovirus DNA and IgG in Children and Adults with and without Respiratory or Gastrointestinal Infections.. Viruses. 2021 Mar 15;13(3):483. doi: 10.3390/v13030483.
Isanaka S, Andersen CT, Cousens S, Myatt M, Briend A, Krasevec J, Hayashi C, Mayberry A, Mwirigi L, Guerrero S. Improving estimates of the burden of severe wasting: analysis of secondary prevalence and incidence data from 352 sites. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Mar;6(3):e004342. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004342.
Gaffey MF, Waldman RJ, Blanchet K, Amsalu R, Capobianco E, Ho LS, Khara T, Martinez Garcia D, Aboubaker S, Ashorn P, Spiegel PB, Black RE, Bhutta ZA; BRANCH Consortium Steering Committee. Delivering health and nutrition interventions for women and children in different conflict contexts: a framework for decision making on what, when, and how. Lancet. 2021 Jan 22:S0140-6736(21)00133-1. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00133-1.

2020

Ashorn P. Infant Growth After Maternal Dietary Supplementation Before and During Pregnancy. J Pediatr. 2020 Nov 4:S0022-3476(20)31375-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.10.076.
Olsen MF, Iuel-Brockdorff AS, Yaméogo CW, Cichon B, Fabiansen C, Filteau S, Phelan K, Ouédraogo A, Michaelsen KF, Gladstone M, Ashorn P, Briend A, Ritz C, Friis H, Christensen VB. Impact of food supplements on early child development in children with moderate acute malnutrition: A randomised 2 x 2 x 3 factorial trial in Burkina Faso. PLoS Med. 2020 Dec 23;17(12):e1003442. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003442
Aboubaker S, Evers ES, Kobeissi L, Francis L, Najjemba R, Miller NP, Wall S, Martinez D, Vargas J, Ashorn P; and members of the BRANCH steering committee The availability of global guidance for the promotion of women’s, newborns’, children’s and adolescents’ health and nutrition in conflicts. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Nov;5(Suppl 1):e002060. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002060
Mahfuz, M, Hasan, S, Alam, M, Das, S, Fahim, S, Islam, M, . . . Ahmed, T. Aflatoxin exposure was not associated with childhood stunting: Results from a birth cohort study in a resource-poor setting of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Public Health Nutrition 2020, 1-10. doi:10.1017/S1368980020001421
Ashorn P, Black RE, Lawn JE, Ashorn U, Klein N, Hofmeyr J, Temmerman M, Askari S. The Lancet Small Vulnerable Newborn Series: science for a healthy start. Lancet. 2020 Sep 12;396(10253):743-745. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31906-1. PMID: 32919498
Fabiansen C, Cichon B, Yaméogo CW, Iuel-Brockdorf AS, Phelan KPQ, Wells JC, Ritz C, Filteau S, Briend A, Christensen VB, Ashorn P, Michaelsen KF, Shepherd S, Friis H. Association between admission criteria and body composition among young children with moderate acute malnutrition, a cross-sectional study from Burkina Faso. Sci Rep. 2020 Aug 6;10(1):13266.
Taneja S, Sinha B, Upadhyay RP, Mazumder S, Sommerfelt H, Martines J, Dalpath SK, Gupta R, Kariger P, Bahl R, Bhandari N, Dua T, ciKMC development study group. Community Initiated Kangaroo Mother Care and Early Child Development in Low Birth Weight Infants in India-a Randomized Controlled Trial. BMC Pediatr. 2020 Apr 4; 20 (1), 150
Jafar TH, Gandhi M, de Silva HA, Jehan I, Naheed A, Finkelstein EA, Turner EL, Morisky D, Kasturiratne A, Khan AH, Clemens JD, Ebrahim S, Assam PN, Feng L; COBRA-BPS Study Group. A Community-Based Intervention for Managing Hypertension in Rural South Asia. N Engl J Med. 2020 Feb 20; 382(8): 717-726
Gandhi M, Ang M, Teo K, Wong CW, Wei YC, Tan RL, Janssen MF, Luo N. A vision ‘bolt-on’ increases the responsiveness of EQ-5D: preliminary evidence from a study of cataract surgery. Eur J Health Econ. 2020 Jan 4. [Epub ahead of print]
The ABCD study team. A double-blind placebo-controlled trial of azithromycin to reduce mortality and improve growth in high-risk young children with non-bloody diarrhoea in low resource settings: the Antibiotics for Children with Diarrhoea (ABCD) trial protocol. Trials, 2020, 21:71.

2019

Zangenberg M, Abdissa A, Johansen ØH, Tesfaw G, Friis H, Briend A, Eshetu B, Kurtzhals JAL, Girma T. Critical Evaluation of the Appetite Test for Children With Severe Acute Malnutrition. Trop Med Int Health, 2019 Dec 11 [Online ahead of print]
Olsen MF, Iuel-Brockdorff A-S, Yaméogo CW, Cichon B, Fabiansen C, Filteau S, Phelan K, Ouédraogo A, Wells JC, Briend A, Michaelsen KF, Lauritzen L, Ritz C, Ashorn P, Christensen VB, Gladstone M, Friis H. Early Development in Children With Moderate Acute Malnutrition: A Cross-Sectional Study in Burkina Faso. Matern Child Nutr, e12928 2019 Dec 11 [Online ahead of print]
Mahfuz M, Alam MA, Das S, Fahim SM, Hossain MS, Petri WA, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Ahmed T. Daily Supplementation With Egg, Cow Milk, and Multiple Micronutrients Increases Linear Growth of Young Children with Short Stature. J Nutr. 2019 Oct 26. pii: nxz253. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxz253. [Epub ahead of print]
Wang P, Liu GG, Jo MW, Purba FD, Yang Z, Gandhi M, Pattanaphesaj J, Ahn J, Wong EL, Shafie AA, Busschbach JJ, Luo N. Valuation of EQ-5D-5L health states: a comparison of seven Asian populations. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2019 Aug;19(4):445-451.
Gandhi M, Ang M, Teo K, Wong CW, Wei YC, Tan RL, Janssen MF, Luo N. EQ-5D-5L is More Responsive than EQ-5D-3L to Treatment Benefit of Cataract Surgery. Patient. 2019 Aug;12(4):383-392.
Somji SS, Dhingra P, Dhingra U, Dutta A, Devi P, Kumar J, Deb S, Semwal OP, Sazawal S, Manji K, Kisenge R, Bakari M, Aboud S, Liu E, Sudfeld C, Duggan CP, Ashorn P, Bahl R, Simon JL. Effect of dose reduction of supplemental zinc for childhood diarrhoea: study protocol for a double-masked, randomised controlled trial in India and Tanzania. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2019 Apr 24;3(1):e000460. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000460. eCollection 2019.
Gandhi M, Rand K, Luo N. Valuation of Health States Considered to Be Worse Than Death – An Analysis of Composite Time Trade-Off Data From 5 EQ-5D-5L Valuation Studies. Value Health. 2019 Mar;22(3):370-376.

2018

Thumboo J, Ow MYL, Uy EJB, Xin X, Chan ZYC, Sung SC, Bautista DC, Cheung YB. Developing a comprehensive, culturally sensitive conceptual framework of health domains in Singapore. PLoS One. 2018 Jun 28;13(6):e0199881. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199881. eCollection 2018.
Uy EJB, Bautista DC, Xin X, Cheung YB, Thio ST, Thumboo J. Using best-worst scaling choice experiments to elicit the most important domains of health for health-related quality of life in Singapore. PLoS One. 2018 Feb 8;13(2):e0189687. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189687. eCollection 2018.
Yang GM, Teo I, Neo SH, Tan D, Cheung YB. Pilot Randomized Phase II Trial of the Enhancing Quality of Life in Patients (EQUIP) Intervention for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Aug;35(8):1050-1056. doi: 10.1177/1049909118756095. Epub 2018 Feb 7.
Zhou K, Vidyarthi A, Matchar D, Cheung YB, Lam SW, Ong M. The relationship between workload and length of stay in Singapore. Health Policy. 2018 Jul;122(7):769-774. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.04.002. Epub 2018 Apr 30.
Wright CM, Marryat L, McColl J, Harjunmaa U, Cole TJ. Pathways into and out of overweight and obesity from infancy to mid-childhood. Pediatr Obes. 2018 Oct;13(10):621-627. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12427. Epub 2018 Jul 11.
Ashorn P. Empirical antibiotic treatment for children suffering from dysentery, cholera, pneumonia, sepsis or severe acute malnutrition. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2018 Nov;38(sup1):S1-S2. doi: 10.1080/20469047.2018.1443546.
Teivaanmäki T, Cheung YB, Maleta K, Gandhi M, Ashorn P. Depressive symptoms are common among rural Malawian adolescents. Child Care Health Dev. 2018 Jul;44(4):531-538. doi: 10.1111/cch.12567. Epub 2018 Apr 17.
Dale NM, Salim L, Lenters L, Sadruddin S, Myatt M, Zlotkin SH. Recovery and relapse from severe acute malnutrition after treatment: a prospective, observational cohort trial in Pakistan. Public Health Nutr. 2018 Aug;21(12):2193-2199. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018000745. Epub 2018 Apr 4.

2017

Fabiansen C, Yaméogo CW, Iuel-Brockdorf AS, Cichon B, Rytter MJH, Kurpad A, Wells JC, Ritz C, Ashorn P, Filteau S, Briend A, Shepherd S, Christensen VB, Michaelsen KF, Friis H. Effectiveness of food supplements in increasing fat-free tissue accretion in children with moderate acute malnutrition: A randomised 2 × 2 × 3 factorial trial in Burkina Faso. PLoS Med. 2017 Sep 11;14(9):e1002387. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002387. eCollection 2017 Sep.
Loy SL, Chan JK, Wee PH, Colega MT, Cheung YB, Godfrey KM, Kwek K, Saw SM, Chong YS, Natarajan P, Müller-Riemenschneider F, Lek N, Chong MF, Yap F. Maternal Circadian Eating Time and Frequency Are Associated with Blood Glucose Concentrations during Pregnancy. J Nutr. 2017 Jan;147(1):70-77. doi: 10.3945/jn.116.239392.

2016

Isanaka S, Boundy EO, Grais RF, Myatt M, Briend A. Improving Estimates of Numbers of Children With Severe Acute Malnutrition Using Cohort and Survey Data. Am J Epidemiol. 2016 Dec 15;184(12):861-869.
Iuel-Brockdorf AS, Ouedraogo A, Ritz C, Draebel TA, Ashorn P, Filteau S, Michaelsen KF. Feeding behaviors during home-based treatment of moderate acute malnutrition using corn-soy blends or lipid-based nutrient supplements. Matern Child Nutr. 2016 Dec 2. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12399. [Epub ahead of print]
Cheng TS, Loy SL, Cheung YB, Godfrey KM, Gluckman PD, Kwek K, Saw SM, Chong YS, Lee YS, Yap F, Chan JK, Lek N; GUSTO study group. Demographic Characteristics, Health Behaviors Before and During Pregnancy, and Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes in Mothers with Different Pregnancy Planning Status. Prev Sci. 2016 Nov;17(8):960-969.
Hother AL, Girma T, Rytter MJ, Abdissa A, Ritz C, Mølgaard C, Michaelsen KF, Briend A, Friis H, Kæstel P. Serum phosphate and magnesium in children recovering from severe acute undernutrition in Ethiopia: an observational study. BMC Pediatr. 2016 Nov 5;16(1):178.
Sutiman N, Lim JS, Muerdter TE, Singh O, Cheung YB, Ng RC, Yap YS, Wong NS, Ang PC, Dent R, Schroth W, Schwab M, Khor CC, Chowbay B. Pharmacogenetics of UGT1A4, UGT2B7 and UGT2B15 and Their Influence on Tamoxifen Disposition in Asian Breast Cancer Patients. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2016 Oct;55(10):1239-50. doi: 10.1007/s40262-016-0402-7.
Flax VL, Thakwalakwa C, Ashorn U. Perceptions of Child Body Size and Health Care Seeking for Undernourished Children in Southern Malawi. Qual Health Res. 2016 Dec;26(14):1939-1948. Epub 2015 Oct 20.
Unger HW, Ashorn P, Cates JE, Dewey KG, Rogerson SJ. Undernutrition and malaria in pregnancy – a dangerous dyad? BMC Med. 2016 Sep 19;14(1):142. doi: 10.1186/s12916-016-0695-2.
Chan KR, Wang X, Saron WA, Gan ES, Tan HC, Mok DZ, Zhang SL, Lee YH, Liang C, Wijaya L, Ghosh S, Cheung YB, Tannenbaum SR, Abraham SN, St John AL, Low JG, Ooi EE. Cross-reactive antibodies enhance live attenuated virus infection for increased immunogenicity. Nat Microbiol. 2016 Sep 19:16164. doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.164. [Epub ahead of print]
Deconinck H, Pesonen A, Hallarou M, Gérard JC, Briend A, Donnen P, Macq J. Challenges of Estimating the Annual Caseload of Severe Acute Malnutrition: The Case of Niger. PLoS One. 2016 Sep 8;11(9):e0162534. doi: 0.1371/journal.pone.0162534.
Alé FG, Phelan KP, Issa H, Defourny I, Le Duc G, Harczi G, Issaley K, Sayadi S, Ousmane N, Yahaya I, Myatt M, Briend A, Allafort-Duverger T, Shepherd S, Blackwell N. Mothers screening for malnutrition by mid-upper arm circumference is non-inferior to community health workers: results from a large-scale pragmatic trial in rural Niger. Arch Public Health. 2016 Sep 6;74(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s13690-016-0149-5.
Vieux F, Brouzes CM, Maillot M, Briend A, Hankard R, Lluch A, Darmon N. Role of Young Child Formulae and Supplements to Ensure Nutritional Adequacy in U.K. Young Children. Nutrients. 2016 Sep 2;8(9). pii: E539. doi: 10.3390/nu8090539.
Cheng TS, Loy SL, Toh JY, Cheung YB, Chan JK, Godfrey KM, Gluckman PD, Saw SM, Chong YS, Lee YS, Lek N, Chong MF, Yap F. Predominantly nighttime feeding and weight outcomes in infants. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Aug;104(2):380-8. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.130765.
Cichon B, Fabiansen C, Yaméogo CW, Rytter MJH, Ritz C, Briend A, Christensen VB, Michaelsen KF, Oummani R, Filteau S, Ashorn P, Shepherd S, Friis H. Children with moderate acute malnutrition have inflammation not explained by maternal reports of illness and clinical symptoms: a cross-sectional study in Burkina Faso. BMC Nutrition 2016 2:57. DOI: 10.1186/s40795-016-0096-0. 30 August 2016.
Briend A, Berkley JA. Long term health status of children recovering from severe acute malnutrition. Lancet Glob Health. 2016 Jul 25. pii: S2214-109X(16)30152-8. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30152-8.
Lim JS, Sutiman N, Muerdter TE, Singh O, Cheung YB, Ng RC, Yap YS, Wong NS, Ang PC, Dent R, Schroth W, Schwab M, Chowbay B. Association of CYP2C19*2 and associated haplotypes with lower norendoxifen concentrations in tamoxifen-treated Asian breast cancer patients. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Jun;81(6):1142-52. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12886.
Licciardi PV, Toh ZQ, Clutterbuck EA, Balloch A, Marimla RA, Tikkanen L, Lamb KE, Bright KJ, Rabuatoka U, Tikoduadua L, Boelsen LK, Dunne EM, Satzke C, Cheung YB, Pollard AJ, Russell FM, Mulholland EK. No long-term evidence of hyporesponsiveness after use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children previously immunized with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Jun;137(6):1772-1779.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.12.1303.
Babirekere-Iriso E, Mortensen CG, Mupere E, Rytter MJ, Namusoke H, Michaelsen KF, Briend A, Stark KD, Friis H, Lauritzen L. Changes in whole-blood PUFA and their predictors during recovery from severe acute malnutrition. Br J Nutr. 2016 May 28;115(10):1730-9. doi: 10.1017/S0007114516000817.
Hakanen T, Saha MT, Salo MK, Nummi T, Harjunmaa U, Lipiäinen L, Vuorela N. Mothers with gestational diabetes are more likely to give birth to children who experience early weight problems. Acta Paediatr. 2016 May 12. doi: 10.1111/apa.13468.
Grenov B, Briend A, Sangild PT, Thymann T, Rytter MH, Hother AL, Mølgaard C, Michaelsen KF. Undernourished Children and Milk Lactose. Food Nutr Bull. 2016 Mar;37(1):85-99. doi: 10.1177/0379572116629024. Review.
Manary M, Callaghan M, Singh L, Briend A. Protein Quality and Growth in Malnourished Children. Food Nutr Bull. 2016 Mar;37 Suppl 1:S29-36. doi: 10.1177/0379572116629023.
Xu Y, Lam KF, Cheung YB. Sample size determination for fold-increase endpoints defined by paired interval-censored data. J Biopharm Stat. 2016;26(5):978-91. doi: 10.1080/10543406.2016.1148705. Epub 2016 Mar 3.
Levin D, Marryat L, Cole TJ, McColl J, Harjunmaa U, Ashorn P, Wright C. Fit to WHO weight standard of European infants over time . Arch Dis Child. 2016 Feb 16. pii: archdischild-2015-309594. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309594.
Namusoke H, Hother AL, Rytter MJ, Kæstel P, Babirekere-Iriso E, Fabiansen C, Girma T, Ritz C, Michaelsen KF, Briend A, Friis H. Changes in plasma phosphate during in-patient treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition: an observational study in Uganda. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Feb;103(2):551-8. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.117374. Epub 2016 Jan 6.
Fabiansen C, Phelan KP, Cichon B, Ritz C, Briend A, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Shepherd S. Short children with a low midupper arm circumference respond to food supplementation: an observational study from Burkina Faso.Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Feb;103(2):415-21. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.124644. Epub 2016 Jan 6.
Cheng TS, Loy SL, Cheung YB, Chan JK, Tint MT, Godfrey KM, Gluckman PD, Kwek K, Saw SM, Chong YS, Lee YS, Yap F, Lek N; Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) study group. Singaporean Mothers’ Perception of Their Three-year-old Child’s Weight Status: A Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS One. 2016 Jan 28;11(1):e0147563. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147563
Iuel-Brockdorf AS, Draebel TA, Ritz C, Fabiansen C, Cichon B, Brix Christensen V, Yameogo C, Oummani R, Briend A, Michaelsen KF, Ashorn P, Filteau S, Friis H. Evaluation of the acceptability of improved supplementary foods for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in Burkina Faso using a mixed method approach. Appetite. 2016 Apr 1;99:34-45. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.12.030. Epub 2016 Jan 2.
Cheng TS, Loy SL, Cheung YB, Chan JK, Pang WW, Godfrey KM, Gluckman PD, Kwek K, Saw SM, Chong YS, Lee YS, Lek N, Yap F. Sexually dimorphic response to feeding mode in the growth of infants. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Feb;103(2):398-405. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.115493. Epub 2015 Dec 30.
Lek N, Yan W, Zhang Y, Wang Q, Cheung YB. Indices of central and general obesity and cardiometabolic risk among adolescents in three ethnic groups in north-west China. Ann Hum Biol. 2016 Jan;43(1):18-24. doi: 10.3109/03014460.2015.1014418. Epub 2015 Oct 2.

2015

Binns P, Dale N, Hoq M, Banda C, Myatt M. Relationship between mid upper arm circumference and weight changes in children aged 6–59 months. Arch Public Health. 2015; 73: 54. Published online 2015 Dec 21. doi: 10.1186/s13690-015-0103-y
Phillips R, Qi G, Collinson SL, Ling A, Feng L, Cheung YB, Ng TP. The Minimum Clinically Important Difference in the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status. Clin Neuropsychol. 2015;29(7):905-23. doi: 10.1080/13854046.2015.1107137. Epub 2015 Nov 7.
Kuan WS, Ibrahim I, Leong BS, Jain S, Lu Q, Cheung YB, Mahadevan M. Emergency Department Management of Sepsis Patients: A Randomized, Goal-Oriented, Noninvasive Sepsis Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Oct 13. pii: S0196-0644(15)01273-1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.09.010.
Boelsen LK, Dunnea EM, Lambb KE, Bright K, Cheung YB, Tikoduaduag L, Russella FM, Mulhollanda EK, Licciardia PV, Satzke C. Long-term impact of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination on nasopharyngeal carriage in children previously vaccinated with various pneumococcal conjugate vaccine regimes. Vaccine. 2015 Oct 13;33(42):5708-14. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.07.059. Epub 2015 Jul 29.
Luo N, Cheung YB, Ng R, Lee CF. Mapping and direct valuation: do they give equivalent EQ-5D-5L index scores.Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2015 Oct 5;13:166. doi: 10.1186/s12955-015-0361-y.
Phillips R, Gandhi M, Cheung YB, Findlay MP, Win KM, Hai HH, Yang JM, Lobo RRR, Soo Khee C, Chow PK. Summary scores captured changes in subjects’ QoL as measured by the multiple scales of the EORTC QLQ-C30. J Clin Epidemiol. 2015 Aug;68(8):895-902. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.02.011. Epub 2015 Mar 3.
Ashorn P, Vanhala H, Pakarinen O, Ashorn U, De Costa A. Prevention of Intrauterine Growth Restriction and Preterm Birth with Presumptive Antibiotic Treatment of Pregnant Women: A Literature Review. In: Low-Birthweight Baby: Born Too Soon or Too Small (N Embleton, J Katz, E Ziegler, eds.). Nestle Nutr Inst Workshop Ser. 2015;81:37-50. doi: 10.1159/000365802. Epub 2015 Jun 16.
Brenna TJ, Akomo P, Bahwere P, Berkley JA, Calder PC, Jones KD, Liu L, Manary M, Trehan I, Briend A. Balancing omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids in ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF). BMC Medicine. 2015, 13:117, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0352-1.

Cheung YB, Xu Y, Feng L, Feng L, Nyunt MS, Chong MS, Lim WS, Lee TS, Yap P, Yap KB, Ng TP. Unconditional and Conditional Standards Using Cognitive Function Curves for the Modified Mini-Mental State Exam: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses in Older Chinese Adults in Singapore. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 Sep;23(9):915-24. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.08.008. Epub 2014 Aug 28.
Xu Y, Lek N, Cheung YB, Biswas A, Su LL, Kwek KY, Yeo GS, Soh SE, Saw SM, Gluckman PD, Chong YS. Unconditional and conditional standards for fetal abdominal circumference and estimated fetal weight in an ethnic Chinese population a birth cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2015 Jun 25;15:141. doi: 10.1186/s12884-015-0569-1.
Sim CP, Wee J, Xu Y, Cheung YB, Soong YL, Manton DJ. Anti-caries effect of CPP-ACP in irradiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. Clin Oral Investig. 2015 Jun;19(5):1005-11. doi: 10.1007/s00784-014-1318-y. Epub 2014 Sep 27.
Cairns M, Cheung YB, Xu Y, Asante KP, Owusu-Agyei S, Diallo D, Konate AT, Dicko A, Chandramohan D, Greenwood B, Milligan P. Analysis of Preventive Interventions for Malaria: Exploring Partial and Complete Protection and Total and Primary Intervention Effects. Am J Epidemiol. 2015 Jun 15;181(12):1008-17. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwv010. Epub 2015 May 27.
Blackwell N, Myatt M, Allafort-Duverger T , Balogoun A, Ibrahim A, Briend A. Mothers Understand And Can do it (MUAC): a comparison of mothers and community health workers determining mid-upper arm circumference in 103 children aged from 6 months to 5 years. Arch Public Health. 2015 May 18;73(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s13690-015-0074-z. eCollection 2015.
Xu Y, Yan W, Cheung YB. Body shape indices and cardiometabolic risk in adolescents. Ann Hum Biol. 2015 Jan;42(1):70-5. doi: 10.3109/03014460.2014.903998. Epub 2014 Apr 15.
Briend A, Akomo P, Bahwere P, De Pee S, Dibari F, Golden MH, Manary M, Ryan K. Developing food supplements for moderately malnourished children: Lessons learned from ready-to-use therapeutic foods. Food Nutr Bull. 2015 Mar;36(1 Suppl):S53-8.
de Pee S, Grais R, Fenn B, Brown R, Briend A, Frize J, Shoham J, Kiess L. Prevention of acute malnutrition: distribution of special nutritious foods and cash, and addressing underlying causes–what to recommend when, where, for whom, and how. Food Nutr Bull. 2015 Mar;36(1 Suppl):S24-9.
Briend A, Khara T, Dolan C. Wasting and stunting – similarities and differences: Policy and programmatic implications. Food Nutr Bull. 2015 Mar;36(1 Suppl):S15-23.
Xu Y, Lam KF, Ooi EEE , Wilder-Smith A, Paton NI, Lee LS, Cheung YB. A simple and powerful method for the estimation of intervention effects on serological endpoints using paired interval-censored data. J Biopharm Stat. 2015;25(1):124-36. doi: 10.1080/10543406.2014.919936.
Xu Y, Lam KF, Cowling BJ, Cheung YB. Estimation of intervention effect using paired interval-censored data with clumping below lower detection limit. Stat Med. 2015 Jan 30;34(2):307-16. doi: 10.1002/sim.6346. Epub 2014 Oct 27.
Gandhi M, Thumboo J, Luo N, Wee HL, Cheung YB. Do chronic disease patients value generic health states differently from individuals with no chronic disease? A case of a multicultural Asian population. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2015 Jan 23;13:8. doi: 10.1186/s12955-014-0200-6.
Cheung YB , Xu Y, Remarque EJ, Milligan P. Statistical estimation of antibody concentration using multiple dilutions. J Immunol Methods. 2015 Feb;417:115-23. doi: 10.1016/j.jim.2015.01.001. Epub 2015 Jan 10.
Lee GL, Ow MY, Akhileswaran R, Pang GS, Fan GK, Goh BH, Wong CaF, Cheung YB, Wee HL. Quality of life domains important and relevant to family caregivers of advanced cancer patients in an Asian population: a qualitative study. Qual Life Res. 2015 Apr;24(4):817-28. doi: 10.1007/s11136-014-0832-3. Epub 2014 Oct 25.

2014

Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Cheung YB. The conclusion on the impact of lipid-based nutrient supplements on child growth in Haiti may be too optimistic (correspondence). Am J Clin Nutr 2014;99:1522-1523.
Briend A. Kwashiorkor: still an enigma – the search must go on. 2014 Dec. CMAM Forum.
Cheung YB, Luo N, Ng R, Lee CF. Mapping the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Breast (FACT-B) to the 5-level EuroQoL group’s 5-dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) utility index in a Multi-ethnic Asian population. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2014 Dec 12;12:180. doi: 10.1186/s12955-014-0180-6.
Koh O, Lee J, Tan ML, Tai ES, Foo CJ, Chong KJ, Goh SY, Bee YM, Thumboo J, Cheung YB, Singh A, Wee HL. Establishing the thematic framework for a diabetes-specific health-related quality of life item bank for use in an english-speaking asian population. PLoS One. 2014 Dec 22;9(12):e115654. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115654. eCollection 2014.
Lee CF, Ng R, Luo N, Cheung YB. Patient-reported outcomes are associated with patient-oncologist agreement of performance status in a multi-ethnic Asian population. Support Care Cancer. 2014 Dec;22(12):3201-8. doi: 10.1007/s00520-014-2336-7. Epub 2014 Jul 3.
Gandhi M, Thumboo J, Wee HwL, Luo N, Cheung YB. How is the most severe health state being valued by the general population? Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2014, 12:161 DOI: 10.1186/s12955-014-0161-9.
Rytter MJ, Kolte L, Briend A, Friis H, Christensen VB. The immune system in children with malnutrition – a systematic review. PLoS One. 2014 Aug 25;9(8):e105017. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105017. eCollection 2014.
Xu Y, Lam KF, Cheung YB. Estimation of intervention effects using recurrent event time data in the presence of event dependence and a cured fraction. Stat Med. 2014 Jun 15;33(13):2263-74. doi: 10.1002/sim.6093. Epub 2014 Jan 22.
Low J, Sung C, Wijaya L, Wei Y, Rathore AP, Watanabe S, Tan BH, Toh L, Chua LT, Hou Y, Chow A, Howe S, Chan WK, Tan KH, Chung JS, Cherng BP, Lye DC, Tambayah PA, Ng LC, Connolly J, Hibberd ML, Leo YS, Cheung YB, Ooi EE, Vasudevan SG. Efficacy and safety of celgosivir in patients with dengue fever (CELADEN): a phase 1b, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, proof-of-concept trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2014 August. Volume 14, No. 8, p706–715.
Heilskov S, Rytter MJ, Vestergaard C, Briend A, Babirekere E, Deleuran MS. Dermatosis in children with oedematous malnutrition (Kwashiorkor): a review of the literature. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2014 Aug;28(8):995-1001. doi: 10.1111/jdv.12452. Epub 2014 Mar 24.
Chalabi Z, Ferguson E, Stanley R, Briend A. A probabilistic model to evaluate population dietary recommendations. Br J Nutr. 2014 Jul 28;112(2):277-84. doi: 10.1017/S0007114514000695. Epub 2014 Apr 29.
Briend A, Dewey KG. Complementary Feeding: Keeping the Message Simple . J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2014 Mar;58(3):275. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000218.
Buttriss J L, Briend A, Darmon N, Ferguson E L, Maillott M, Lluc A. Diet modelling: How it can inform the development of dietary recommendations and public health policy. Nutrition Bulletin. 2014 March, 39(19):115–125.
Cheung YB. “A Body Shape Index” in middle-age and older Indonesian population: scaling exponents and association with incident hypertension. PLoS One. 2014 Jan 15;9(1):e85421. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085421. eCollection 2014.
Xu Y, Lee CF, Cheung YB. Analyzing Binary Outcome Data with Small Clusters: A Simulation Study.Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation. 2014, Volume 43, Issue 7.
Nummi T, Hakanen T, Lipiäinen L, Harjunmaa U, Salo MK, Saha M-T, Vuorela N. A trajectory analysis of BMI for Finnish children. J Applied Statistics. 2014 Jan 02.
Fong DY, Lee AH, Tung SY, Wong JY, Chan YM, Goh CR, Cheung YB. The Functional Living Index-Cancer is a reliable and valid instrument in Chinese cancer patients. Qual Life Res. 2014 Feb;23(1):311-6. doi: 10.1007/s11136-013-0456-z. Epub 2013 Jun 18.

2013

Christian P, Lee S, Angel M, Adair LS, Arifeen S, Ashorn P, Barros F, Fall CHD, Fawzi W, Hao W, Hu G, Humphrey J, Huybregts L, Joglekar C, Kariuki S, Kolsteren P, Krishnaveni G, Liu E, Martorell R, Osrin D, Persson L-A, Ramakrishnan U. Risk of childhood undernutrition related to small-for-gestational age and preterm birth in low and middle income countries. Int J Epidemiol 2013;42:1340-55
Briend A, Collins S, Golden M, Manary M, Myatt M. Maternal and child nutrition. Lancet. 2013 Nov 9;382(9904):1549. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62315-6.
Gan HP, Wee HL, Cheung YB, Luo N, Fong KY, Feeny D, Thumboo J. Impact of self-reported smoking status on health-related quality of life in Singapore. Journal of Public Health. 2013 Oct;21(5);389-401
Garenne M, Maire B, Fontaine O, Briend A. Adequacy of child anthropometric indicators for measuring nutritional stress at population level: a study from Niakhar, Senegal. Public Health Nutr. 2013 Sep;16(9):1533-9. doi: 10.1017/S136898001200448X. Epub 2012 Oct 9.
Dale NM, Myatt M, Prudhon C, Briend A. Assessment of the PROBIT approach for estimating the prevalence of global, moderate and severe acute malnutrition from population surveys. Public Health Nutr. 2013 May;16(5):858-63. doi: 10.1017/S1368980012003345. Epub 2012 Jul 27.
Sintonen H, Bonilla-Carrión RE, Ashorn P. Nicaraguan Migration and the Prevalence of Adolescent Childbearing in Costa Rica. J Immigr Minor Health. 2013;15:111-8
Cheung YB, Wee HL, Luo N, Tan CB, Fong KY, Thumboo J. Height and mental health and health utility among ethnic Chinese in a polyclinic sample in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2013 Feb;42(2):73-9.
Dale NM, Myatt M, Prudhon C, Briend A. Using mid-upper arm circumference to end treatment of severe acute malnutrition leads to higher weight gains in the most malnourished children. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e55404. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055404. Epub 2013 Feb 13.
Lee CF, Ng R, Luo N, Wong NS, Yap YS, Lo SK, Chia WK, Yee A, Krishna L, Wong C, Goh C, Cheung YB. The English and Chinese versions of the five-level EuroQoL Group’s five-dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D) were valid and reliable and provided comparable scores in Asian breast cancer patients. Support Care Cancer. 2013 Jan;21(1):201-9. doi: 10.1007/s00520-012-1512-x. Epub 2012 Jun 6.
Roos N, Sørensen JC, Sørensen H, Rasmussen SK , Briend A, Yang Z, Huffman SL. Screening for anti-nutritional compounds in complementary foods and food aid products for infants and young children. Matern Child Nutr. 2013 Jan;9 Suppl 1:47-71. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00449.x.
Alcoba G, Kerac M, Breysse S, Salpeteur C, Galetto-Lacour A, Briend A, Gervaix A. Do children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition need antibiotics? A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e53184. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053184. Epub 2013 Jan 9.

2012

Xu Y, Cheung YB, Lam KF, Milligan P. Estimation and interpretation of incidence rate difference for recurrent events when the estimation model is misspecified. Biom J. 2012 Nov;54(6):750-65. doi: 10.1002/bimj.201100154. Epub 2012 Aug 10.
Jensen SM, Mølgaard C, Ejlerskov KT, Christensen LB, Michaelsen KF, Briend A. Validity of anthropometric measurements to assess body composition, including muscle mass, in 3-year-old children from the SKOT cohort. Matern Child Nutr. 2015 Jul;11(3):398-408. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12013. Epub 2012 Nov 20.
O’Neill SM, Fitzgerald A, Briend A, Van den Broeck J. Child mortality as predicted by nutritional status and recent weight velocity in children under two in rural Africa. J Nutr. 2012 Mar;142(3):520-5. doi: 10.3945/jn.111.151878. Epub 2012 Jan 18.
Ng R, Lee CF, Wong NS, Luo N, Yap YS, Lo SK, Chia WK, Yee A, Krishna L, Goh C, Cheung YB. Measurement properties of the English and Chinese versions of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Breast (Fact-B) in Asian breasts cancer patients. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Jan;131(2):619-25. doi: 10.1007/s10549-011-1764-z. Epub 2011 Sep 16.
Briend A, Bernard M, Olivier F, Michel G. Mid-upper arm circumference and weight-for-height to identify high-risk malnourished under-five children. Matern Child Nutr. 2012 Jan;8(1):130-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00340.x. Epub 2011 Sep 28.

2011

Briend A, Van den Broeck J, Fadnes LT. Target weight gain for moderately wasted children during supplementation interventions – a population-based approach. Public Health Nutr. 2011 Dec;14(12):2117-23. doi: 10.1017/S1368980011001777. Epub 2011 Aug 11.
de Pee S, Manary M, Ashorn P. The devil is in the details. Letter to the editor . Nutrition Reviews 2011;6:116-117
Isanaka S, Grais R, Briend A, Checchi F. Estimates of the Duration of Untreated Acute Malnutrition in Children From Niger. Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Apr 15;173(8):932-40. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwq436. Epub 2011 Mar 4.
Briend A, Dewey K, Reinhart G. Fatty acid status in early life in low-income countries – overview of the situation, policy and research priorities. Matern Child Nutr. 2011 Apr;7 Suppl 2:141-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00305.x.
Ashorn P, Costello A, Hesketh T, Osrin D, Tomkins A. Child health in developing countries. In: The European Master Course on Paediatrics (P Hamilton, D van Esso, A Hadjipanayis, M Levene, A Tenore (eds), Elsevier, UK, 2011, pp. 510 – 521
Ashorn P. Vad är global hälsa. Finska Läkarsälskapets handlingar, 2011;171:6-801.

2010

Stewart CP, Dewey KG, Ashorn P. The undernutrition epidemic: an urgent health priority (correspondence).Lancet, 2010;357:282
Ashorn P. Maailman lapset. In: Lastentaudit (J Rajantie, J Mertsola, M Heikinheimo, eds.). Kustannus Oy Duodecim, Hämeenlinna, 2010, pp. 14-19.
Harjunmaa U, Nohynek H. Ilmastonmuutos pakottaa väestön liikkeelle – maailmanlaajuinen terveyden megatrendi. Suomen Lääkärilehti, 2010:1-2, pp. 78-80.

2009

Ashorn P. Multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm birth (correspondence). Lancet, 2009;373:893

2007

Ashorn P. Human resources in developing countries (correspondence). Lancet 2007; 370:654-655
Ashorn P. Neljäs vuosituhattavoite (4th Millenium Development Goal). In: Terve tulevaisuus. YK:n vuosituhattavoitteet ja terveys (Healthy future. UN Millenium Development Goals and Health) (E Korhonen, L Lipsanen, M-L Salin, eds.). Väestöliitto, 2007, pp. 38-44
Kulmala T, Ashorn P. Vuosituhattavoitteet ja terveys (Millenium Development Goals and health). In: Terve tulevaisuus. YK:n vuosituhattavoitteet ja terveys (Healthy future. UN Millenium Development Goals and Health) (E Korhonen, L Lipsanen, M-L Salin, eds.). Väestöliitto, 2007, pp. 6-8 (PDF)
Puumalainen T, Ashorn P. Suomeen muuttavien lasten infektiosairairaudet (Infectious diseases among children immigrating to Finland). In: Lasten infektiosairaudet (O Ruuskanen, H Peltola, T Vesikari, eds.). Gummerrus Kirjapaino Oy, Jyväskylä, 2007, pp. 363 – 370

2005

Patel MP, Sandige HL, Ndekha MJ, Briend A, Ashorn P, Manary MJ. Supplemental feeding with ready-to-use therapeutic food in Malawian children at risk for malnutrition. J Health Popul Nutr, 2005;23:351-357
Galpin L, Fleming K, Shulman R, Ou C, Ashorn P, Manary MJ. The effect of Lactobacillus GG on intestinal function and integrity in Malawian children at risk for tropical enteropathy. Am J Clin Nutr, 2005;82:1040-1045
Ciliberto HM, Ciliberto MA, Briend A, Ashorn P, Bier D, Manary MJ. Antioxidant supplementation for the prevention of kwashiorkor in Malawian children: randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial. BMJ, 2005;330 (7500):1109. Epub 2005 Apr 25
Ciliberto MA, Sandige H, Ndekha MJ, Ashorn P, Briend A, Ciliberto HM, Manary MJ. A comparison of home-based therapy with ready-to-use therapeutic food with standard therapy in the treatment of malnourished Malawian children: a controlled, clinical effectiveness trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005;81:864-870
Ndekha MJ, Manary MJ, Ashorn P, Briend A. Home-based therapy with ready-to-use therapeutic food is of benefit to malnourished, HIV infected Malawian children. Acta Paediatrica, 2005;94:222-225
Ashorn P, Kunnamo I. Diarrhoea and vomiting in children. In: Evidence-based Medicine Guidelines (I Kunnamo, ed.), John Wiley & sons, Chichester, UK, 2005, pp.988 – 989

2004

Sandige H, Ndekha MJ, Briend A, Ashorn P, Manary MJ. Home-based treatment of malnourished Malawian children with locally produced or imported ready-to-use food. J Paed Gastr Nutr, 2004;39:141-146
Manary MJ, Ndekha M, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Briend A. Home-based therapy for severe malnutrition with ready-to-use food. Arch Dis Child, 2004;89:557-561

2000

Ashorn P, Kulmala T, Vaahtera M. Health for all in the 21^st century. Ann Med 2000;32:87-89