Publications

2025

Daniel AI, de Polnay K, Bendabenda J, Grummer-Strawn L, Chad NJ, McCaul M, Naude CE, Weise Prinzo Z; Guideline Development Group on Wasting and Nutritional Oedema. Strengthening the evidence base around prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema in infants and children: insights from the 2023 WHO guideline. BMJ Glob Health. 2025 Aug 13;10(Suppl 5):e015929. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015929.

Kerac M, Ashorn P, Berkley JA, Borg B, Castro MC, Deconinck H, Dent N, Khalid R, Kumar P, McCaul M, Naude CE, Daniel AI, Chad NJ. Infants less than 6 months of age at risk of poor growth and development: evidence gaps identified during WHO guideline development. BMJ Glob Health. 2025 Aug 13;10(Suppl 5):e017227. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017227.

Ruel MT, Ashorn P, Berkley JA, Dewey KG, Golden K, Huybregts L, McCaul M, Naude CE, Weise Prinzo Z, Daniel AI. Prevention of wasting and nutritional oedema: evidence gaps identified during WHO guideline development. BMJ Glob Health. 2025 Aug 13;10(Suppl 5):e016314. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016314.

Sady H, Chaima D, Hallamaa L, Ashorn U, Banda J, Mangani C, Kamwendo J, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Fan YM. Impact of asymptomatic malaria infection on children’s growth in rural Malawi. Sci Rep. 2025 Aug 1;15(1):28094. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-13331-6.

Videman K, Ashorn U, Ashorn P, Hallamaa L, Maleta K, Mangani C, Leppänen JM. Eye-tracking measures of oculomotor speed and control as markers of cognitive ability in Malawian adolescent population: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025 Jul 28;5(7):e0004811. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004811.

Somji S, Sudfeld CR, Duggan C, Manji K, Ahmed T, Chisti MJ, Dhingra U, Sazawal S, Singa B, Walson JL, Pavlinac PB, Bar-Zeev N, Houpt E, Dube Q, Kotloff KL, Sow SO, Yousafzai MT, Qamar FN, Bahl R, De Costa A, Simon JL, Ashorn P; ABCD Study Group. Is rotavirus aetiology in young children with acute diarrhoea associated with sociodemographic and clinical factors, including rotavirus vaccination status? A secondary cross-sectional analysis of the ABCD trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2025 Jul 27;10(7):e018337. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018337.

van Eijk AM, Stepniewska K, Khairallah C, Rodriguez E, Ahn J, Gutman JR, Ter Kuile FO; IPTp-SP Effectiveness Study group. The impact of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine resistance on the effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment for the prevention of malaria in pregnancy in Africa: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Jul 14:S1473-3099(25)00219-1. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00219-1. Epub ahead of print.

Hossain M, Haque MA, Faruque ASG, Ahmed T, Ashorn U, Ashorn P. Growth monitoring and promotion program services utilization patterns between home-based and facility-based delivery methods: A comparative analysis. PLoS One. 2025 Jun 5;20(6):e0324918. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0324918.

Sinha B, Mazumder S, Thakur A, Devi S, More D, Ashorn P, Sommerfelt H, Kurpad A, Bhandari N. Effect of kangaroo mother care in low birth weight infants on human milk intake: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 May;121(5):1109-1116. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.02.006. Epub 2025 Feb 11.

Berkley JA, Walson JL, Gray G, Russell F, Bhutta Z, Ashorn P, Norris SA, Adejuyigbe EA, Grais R, Ogutu B, Zhang J, Chantada GL, Nachman S, Kija E, Jehan F, Giaquinto C, Rollins NC, Penazzato M. Strengthening the paediatric clinical trial ecosystem to better inform policy and programmes. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Apr;13(4):e732-e739. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00511-4.

Edwards JG, Dhingra P, Liu E, Dhingra U, Dutta A, Sudfeld CR, Deb S, Somji S, Aboud S, Kisenge R, Sazawal S, Ashorn P, Simon J, Manji KP, Duggan CP. Identifying risk factors for vomiting during diarrhea: A secondary analysis of a randomized trial of zinc supplementation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2025 Apr;80(4):598-610. doi: 10.1002/jpn3.12441. Epub 2025 Jan 13.

Taylor E, Airaksinen M, Ihamuotila R, Kivelä M, Ashorn U, Haataja LM, Mangani C, Vanhatalo S. Assessing motor development with wearables in low-resource settings: feasibility in rural Malawi. Pediatr Res. 2025 Mar 3. doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-03818-3. Epub ahead of print. Erratum in: Pediatr Res. 2025 Mar 21. doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-04019-8.

Luntamo M, Hallamaa L, Kulmala T, Maleta K, Ashorn P. Effect of Antenatal Monthly Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine, Alone or with Azithromycin, on Gestational Weight Gain and Anemia during Pregnancy and One Month Postpartum in Malawi: A Randomized Controlled Trial Secondary Analysis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025 Feb 4;112(4):931-941. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0829.

Wang D, Liu E, Perumal N, Partap U, Cliffer IR, Costa JC, Wang M, Fawzi WW; Gestational Weight Gain Pooling Project Consortium. The effects of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on small vulnerable newborn types in low-income and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis of individual participant data. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Feb;13(2):e298-e308. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00449-2.

2024

Cheung YB, Ma X, Mackenzie G. Two assumptions of the prior event rate ratio approach for controlling confounding can be evaluated by self-controlled case series and dynamic random intercept modeling. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Nov;175:111511. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111511. Epub 2024 Sep 2.

Ku CW, Zheng RT, Tan HY, Lim JYQ, Chen LW, Cheung YB, Godfrey KM, Chan JKY, Yap F, Lek N, Loy SL. Early continuous glucose monitoring-derived glycemic patterns are associated with subsequent insulin resistance and gestational diabetes mellitus development during pregnancy. Diabetol Metab Syndr. 2024 Nov 14;16(1):271. doi: 10.1186/s13098-024-01508-4.

Dewey KG, Wessells KR, Arnold CD, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold BF, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Garcés A, Huybregts L, Krebs NF, Lartey A, Leroy JL, Maleta K, Matias SL, Moore SE, Mridha MK, Okronipa H, Stewart CP. Effects of prenatal small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements on pregnancy, birth, and infant outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomized controlled trials in low- and middle-income countries. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Oct;120(4):814-835. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.08.008. Epub 2024 Aug 16.

Lee KM, Yang GM, Cheung YB. Inclusion of unexposed clusters improves the precision of fixed effects analysis of stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials with binary and count outcomes. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2024 Oct 28;24(1):254. doi: 10.1186/s12874-024-02379-z. Erratum in: BMC Med Res Methodol. 2024 Nov 19;24(1):285. doi: 10.1186/s12874-024-02415-y.

Lee KM, Cheung YB. The fixed-effects model for robust analysis of stepped-wedge cluster trials with a small number of clusters and continuous outcomes: a simulation study. Trials. 2024 Oct 25;25(1):718. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08572-1.

Parvin I, Shahid ASMSB, Nuzhat S, Ackhter MM, Alam T, Kabir MF, Khanam S, Sazawal S, Dhingra U, Walson JL, Singa BO, Kotloff KL, Sow SO, Bar-Zeev N, Dube Q, Qamar FN, Yousafzai MT, Manji K, Duggan CP, Bahl R, De Costa A, Simon J, Ashorn P, Ahmed T, Chisti MJ. Characteristics and outcomes of children 2-23 months of age with prolonged diarrhoea: A secondary analysis of data from the ‘Antibiotics for Children with Diarrhea’ trial. J Glob Health. 2024 Oct 11;14:04196. doi: 10.7189/jogh.14.04196.

WHO Consultative Group on multisectoral programmatic interventions to reduce the risk of low birth weight. Integrated multisectoral interventions to mitigate the risk of low birth weight in low- and middle-income country settings: Implementation considerations for programs from a WHO expert consultation. J Glob Health. 2024 Sep 13;14:03033. doi: 10.7189/jogh.14.03033.

O’Brien KS, Arzika AM, Amza A, Maliki R, Aichatou B, Bello IM, Beidi D, Galo N, Harouna N, Karamba AM, Mahamadou S, Abarchi M, Ibrahim A, Lebas E, Peterson B, Liu Z, Le V, Colby E, Doan T, Keenan JD, Oldenburg CE, Porco TC, Arnold BF, Lietman TM; AVENIR study group. Azithromycin to Reduce Mortality – An Adaptive Cluster-Randomized Trial. N Engl J Med. 2024 Aug 22;391(8):699-709. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2312093.

Ong DS, Phan TV, Temple B, Toh ZQ, Nguyen CD, Vientrung K, Nguyen HVA, Thi Trang Dai V, Bright K, Tran HP, Higgins RA, Cheung YB, Vu Nguyen T, Mulholland K, Licciardi PV. Memory B cell responses induced by pneumococcal conjugate vaccine schedules with fewer doses: analysis of a randomised-controlled trial in Viet Nam. Nat Commun. 2024 Aug 14;15(1):6968. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-51413-7.

Wright CM, Petermann-Rocha F, Bland R, Ashorn P, Zaman S, Ho FK. Weight Velocity in Addition to Latest Weight Does Not Improve the Identification of Wasting or the Prediction of Stunting and Mortality: A Longitudinal Analysis Using Data from Malawi, South Africa, and Pakistan. J Nutr. 2024 Aug;154(8):2583-2589. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.06.011. Epub 2024 Jun 25.

Rangel Bousquet Carrilho T, Wang D, Hutcheon JA, Wang M, Fawzi WW, Kac G; members of the GWG Pooling Project Consortium. The Impact of Excluding Adverse Neonatal Outcomes on the Creation of Gestational Weight Gain Charts Among Women from Low- and Middle-income Countries with Normal and Overweight BMI. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Jun;119(6):1465-1474. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.03.016. Epub 2024 Mar 22.

Mok DZ, Tng DJ, Yee JX, Chew VS, Tham CY, Ooi JS, Tan HC, Zhang SL, Lin LZ, Ng WC, Jeeva LL, Murugayee R, Goh KK, Lim TP, Cui L, Cheung YB, Ong EZ, Chan KR, Ooi EE, Low JG. Electron transport chain capacity expands yellow fever vaccine immunogenicity. EMBO Mol Med. 2024 Jun;16(6):1310-1323. doi: 10.1038/s44321-024-00065-7. Epub 2024 May 14.

Dale NM, Hagre YD, Dcbtanne L, Tomlinson G, Shepherd S, Zlotkin S, Parshuram C. Comparing manual versus multi-model pulse oximeter measurements for temperature and respiratory rate in malnourished children. Acta Paediatr. 2024 Jun;113(6):1346-1348. doi: 10.1111/apa.17216. Epub 2024 Mar 26.

Mostafa I, Hibberd MC, Hartman SJ, Hafizur Rahman MH, Mahfuz M, Hasan SMT, Ashorn P, Barratt MJ, Ahmed T, Gordon JI. A microbiota-directed complementary food intervention in 12-18-month-old Bangladeshi children improves linear growth. EBioMedicine. 2024 Jun;104:105166. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105166. Epub 2024 Jun 3.

Cheung YB, Ma X, Lam KF, Yung CF, Milligan P. Estimation of trajectory of protective efficacy in infectious disease prevention trials using recurrent event times. Stat Med. 2024 Apr 30;43(9):1759-1773. doi: 10.1002/sim.10049. Epub 2024 Feb 23.

Huicho L, Vidal-Cardenas E, Haapaniemi T, Ashorn P; Lima Regional Launch Group. Small vulnerable newborns: the urgent need of strong actions in Peru and the entire Latin America. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Apr 18;34:100748. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100748.

Pavlinac PB, Platts-Mills JA, Liu J, Atlas HE, Gratz J, Operario D, Rogawski McQuade ET, Ahmed D, Ahmed T, Alam T, Ashorn P, Badji H, Bahl R, Bar-Zeev N, Chisti MJ, Cornick J, Chauhan A, De Costa A, Deb S, Dhingra U, Dube Q, Duggan CP, Freyne B, Gumbi W, Hotwani A, Kabir M, Islam O, Kabir F, Kasumba I, Kibwana U, Kotloff KL, Khan SS, Maiden V, Manji K, Mehta A, Ndeketa L, Praharaj I, Qamar FN, Sazawal S, Simon J, Singa BO, Somji S, Sow SO, Tapia MD, Tigoi C, Toure A, Walson JL, Yousafzai MT, Houpt ER; AntiBiotics for Children with severe Diarrhea (ABCD) Study Group. Azithromycin for bacterial watery diarrhea: A reanalysis of the AntiBiotics for Children with severe Diarrhea (ABCD) trial incorporating molecular diagnostics. J Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 12;229(4):988-998. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiad252.

Somji S, Ashorn P, Manji K, Ahmed T, Chisti M, Dhingra U, Sazawal S, Singa B, Walson JL, Pavlinac P, Bar-Zeev N, Houpt E, Dube Q, Kotloff K, Sow S, Yousafzai MT, Qamar F, Bahl R, De Costa A, Simon J, Sudfeld CR, Duggan CP; ABCD Study Group. Clinical and nutritional correlates of bacterial diarrhoea aetiology in young children: a secondary cross-sectional analysis of the ABCD trial. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Apr 11;8(1):e002448. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002448.

Ang FJL, Cheung YB, Gandhi M, Østbye T, Malhotra C, Malhotra R, Chow CC, Chong PH, Amin Z, Tan TSZ, Tewani K, Buang SNH, Finkelstein EA. PRECIOUS demonstrated satisfactory measurement properties for assessing the quality of care for children with serious illnesses. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Apr;168:111286. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111286. Epub 2024 Feb 19.

Moja L, Zanichelli V, Mertz D, Gandra S, Cappello B, Cooke GS, Chuki P, Harbarth S, Pulcini C, Mendelson M, Tacconelli E, Ombajo LA, Chitatanga R, Zeng M, Imi M, Elias C, Ashorn P, Marata A, Paulin S, Muller A, Aidara-Kane A, Wi TE, Were WM, Tayler E, Figueras A, Da Silva CP, Van Weezenbeek C, Magrini N, Sharland M, Huttner B, Loeb M. WHO’s essential medicines and AWaRe: recommendations on first- and second-choice antibiotics for empiric treatment of clinical infections. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2024 Apr;30 Suppl 2:S1-S51. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2024.02.003. Epub 2024 Feb 9.

Batool R, Qamar ZH, Salam RA, Yousafzai MT, Ashorn P, Qamar FN. Efficacy of typhoid vaccines against culture-confirmed Salmonella Typhi in typhoid endemic countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Apr;12(4):e589-e598. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00606-X.

Shah MG, Dey T, Kostelecky SM, El Bizri M, Rodo M, Singh NS, Aboubaker S, Evers ES, Ashorn P, Langlois EV. Guidance on sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in humanitarian and fragile settings: a scoping review. BMJ Glob Health. 2024 Mar 29;9(3):e013944. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013944.

Ghimire L, Ashorn U. Exploring Adolescent girls’ Food-Talk in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: A Qualitative Study. Ecol Food Nutr. 2024 Jan-Feb;63(1):20-36. doi: 10.1080/03670244.2023.2274528. Epub 2024 Jan 24.

Ke Y, Cheung YB, Bakitas M, Odom JN, Lum E, Tan DSW, Tan TJ, Finkelstein E, Oh HC, Zhou S, Yang GM. ENABLE-SG (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends for Singapore) as a proactive palliative care model: protocol for a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized wait-list controlled trial. BMC Palliat Care. 2024 Jan 30;23(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s12904-024-01353-2.

Kisenge R, Dhingra U, Rees CA, Liu E, Dutta A, Saikat D, Dhingra P, Somji S, Sudfeld C, Simon J, Ashorn P, Sazawal S, Duggan CP, Manji K. Risk factors for moderate acute malnutrition among children with acute diarrhoea in India and Tanzania: a secondary analysis of data from a randomized trial. BMC Pediatr. 2024 Jan 19;24(1):56. doi: 10.1186/s12887-024-04551-2.

Hazel EA, Erchick DJ, Katz J, Lee ACC, Diaz M, Wu LSF, West KP Jr, Shamim AA, Christian P, Ali H, Baqui AH, Saha SK, Ahmed S, Roy AD, Silveira MF, Buffarini R, Shapiro R, Zash R, Kolsteren P, Lachat C, Huybregts L, Roberfroid D, Zhu Z, Zeng L, Gebreyesus SH, Tesfamariam K, Adu-Afarwuah S, Dewey KG, Gyaase S, Poku-Asante K, Boamah Kaali E, Jack D, Ravilla T, Tielsch J, Taneja S, Chowdhury R, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Ashorn U, Mangani C, Mullany LC, Khatry SK, Ramokolo V, Zembe-Mkabile W, Fawzi WW, Wang D, Schmiegelow C, Minja D, Msemo OA, Lusingu JPA, Smith ER, Masanja H, Mongkolchati A, Keentupthai P, Kakuru A, Kajubi R, Semrau K, Hamer DH, Manasyan A, Pry JM, Chasekwa B, Humphrey J, Black RE. Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns by fine stratum of gestational age and birthweight for 230 679 live births in nine low- and middle-income countries, 2000–2017. BJOG. 2024 Jan 16. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17743. Epub ahead of print.

Monangi NK, Xu H, Fan YM, Khanam R, Khan W, Deb S, Pervin J, Price JT, Kaur L; INTERBIO-21st Study Consortium; Al Mahmud A, Thanh LQ, Care A, Landero JA, Combs GF, Belling E, Chappell J, Chen J, Kong F, Lacher C, Ahmed S, Chowdhury NH, Rahman S, Kabir F, Nisar I, Hotwani A, Mehmood U, Nizar A, Khalid J, Dhingra U, Dutta A, Ali SM, Aftab F, Juma MH, Rahman M, Ahmed T, Islam MM, Vwalika B, Musonda P, Ashorn U, Maleta K, Hallman M, Goodfellow L, Gupta JK, Alfirevic A, Murphy SK, Rand L, Ryckman KK, Murray JC, Bahl R, Litch JA, Baruch-Gravett C, Sopory S, Chandra Mouli Natchu U, Kumar PV, Kumari N, Thiruvengadam R, Singh AK, Kumar P; GARBH-Ini study team; Alfirevic Z, Baqui AH, Bhatnagar S, Hirst JE, Hoyo C, Jehan F, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L, Rahman A, Roth DE, Sazawal S, Stringer JSA, Ashorn P, Zhang G, Muglia LJ. Association of maternal prenatal copper concentration with gestational duration and preterm birth: a multicountry meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Jan;119(1):221-231. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.10.011. Epub 2023 Oct 27.

2023

Dale NM, Ashir GM, Maryah LB, Shepherd S, Tomlinson G, Briend A, Zlotkin S, Parshuram CS. Evaluating the Validity of the Responses to Illness Severity Quantification Score to Discriminate Illness Severity and Level of Care Transitions in Hospitalized Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition. J Pediatr. 2023 Nov;262:113609. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113609. Epub 2023 Jul 5.

May T, Babirekere-Iriso E, Traoré M, Berbain E, Ahmed M, Amadi B, Briend A, Manary M, Shamit Koroma A, Hanchard N, Frahm Olsen M, Friis H, PrayGod G, Girma T, Moussa M, Mahamadou A, Hotez P, Seini Sabo H. The neglect of kwashiorkor. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2023 Nov;7(11):751-753. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00214-6. Epub 2023 Aug 25.

Luoma J, Adubra L, Alber D, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Cloutman-Green E, Diallo F, Ducker C, Elovainio R, Fan YM, Gates L, Gruffudd G, Haapaniemi T, Haidara F, Hallamaa L, Ihamuotila R, Klein N, Martell O, Sow S, Vehmasto T, Cheung YB. Statistical analysis plan for the LAKANA trial: a cluster-randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, parallel group, three-arm clinical trial testing the effects of mass drug administration of azithromycin on mortality and other outcomes among 1–11-month-old infants in Mali. Trials. 2023 Nov 15;24(1):733. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07771-6.

WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts for maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition (STAGE). Transforming women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health and wellbeing through primary health care. Lancet. 2023 Nov 4;402(10413):1606-1608. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01909-8. Epub 2023 Sep 15.

Perumal N, Wang D, Darling AM, Liu E, Wang M, Ahmed T, Christian P, Dewey KG, Kac G, Kennedy SH, Subramoney V, Briggs B, Fawzi WW; GWG Pooling Project Consortium. Suboptimal gestational weight gain and neonatal outcomes in low and middle income countries: Individual participant data meta-analysis. BMJ. 2023 Sep 21;382:e072249. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-072249.

Sady H, Chaima D, Hallamaa L, Kortekangas E, Ashorn U, Banda J, Mangani C, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Fan YM. Effect of dietary intervention on the prevalence of asymptomatic malaria among 6–18-month-old children in rural Malawi. Malar J. 2023 Sep 11;22(1):266. doi: 10.1186/s12936-023-04701-4.

Mertens A, Benjamin-Chung J, Colford JM Jr, Coyle J, van der Laan MJ, Hubbard AE, Rosete S, Malenica I, Hejazi N, Sofrygin O, Cai W, Li H, Nguyen A, Pokpongkiat NN, Djajadi S, Seth A, Jung E, Chung EO, Jilek W, Subramoney V, Hafen R, Häggström J, Norman T, Brown KH, Christian P, Arnold BF; Ki Child Growth Consortium. Causes and consequences of child growth faltering in low-resource settings. Nature. 2023 Sep;621(7979):568-576. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06501-x. Epub 2023 Sep 13.

Benjamin-Chung J, Mertens A, Colford JM Jr, Hubbard AE, van der Laan MJ, Coyle J, Sofrygin O, Cai W, Nguyen A, Pokpongkiat NN, Djajadi S, Seth A, Jilek W, Jung E, Chung EO, Rosete S, Hejazi N, Malenica I, Li H, Hafen R, Subramoney V, Häggström J, Norman T, Brown KH, Christian P, Arnold BF; Ki Child Growth Consortium. Early-childhood linear growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries. Nature. 2023 Sep;621(7979):550-557. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06418-5. Epub 2023 Sep 13. Erratum in: Nature. 2023 Nov;623(7985):E2. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06703-3. Erratum in: Nature. 2025 Jan;637(8045):E18. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08344-6.

Batool R, Yousafzai MT, Qureshi S, Muhammad S, Qazi I, Sadaf T, Ashorn P, Qamar FN. Parental acceptance of typhoid conjugate vaccine for children aged 6 months to 15 years in an outbreak setting of Lyari Town Karachi, Pakistan. Vaccine. 2023 Aug 23;41(37):5376-5382. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.07.003. Epub 2023 Jul 17.

van Eijk AM, Stepniewska K, Hill J, Taylor SM, Rogerson SJ, Cottrell G, Chico RM, Gutman JR, Tinto H, Unger HW, Yanow SK, Meshnick SR, Ter Kuile FO, Mayor A; Subpatent Malaria in Pregnancy Group. Prevalence of and risk factors for microscopic and submicroscopic malaria infections in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Jul;11(7):e1061-e1074. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00194-8. Epub 2023 Jun 2.

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. Matern Child Nutr. 2023 Jul;19(3):e13501. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13501. Epub 2023 Apr 6.

Unger HW, Hadiprodjo AJ, Gutman JR, Briand V, Fievet N, Valea I, Tinto H, D’Alessandro U, Landis SH, Ter Kuile F, Ouma P, Oneko M, Mwapasa V, Slutsker L, Terlouw DJ, Kariuki S, Ayisi J, Nahlen B, Desai M, Madanitsa M, Kalilani-Phiri L, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Tshefu-Kitoto A, Mueller I, Stanisic D, Cates J, Van Eijk AM, Ome-Kaius M, Aitken EH, Rogerson SJ. Fetal sex and risk of pregnancy-associated malaria in Plasmodium falciparum-endemic regions: a meta-analysis. Sci Rep. 2023 Jun 26;13(1):10310. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-37431-3.

Penninkangas RM, Choudhary MK, Mangani C, Maleta K, Teivaanmäki T, Niemelä O, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Pörsti I. Low length-for-age Z-score within 1 month after birth predicts hyperdynamic circulation at the age of 21 years in rural Malawi. Sci Rep. 2023 Jun 24;13(1):10283. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-37269-9.

Pulakka A, Risnes K, Metsälä J, Alenius S, Heikkilä K, Nilsen SM, Näsänen-Gilmore P, Haaramo P, Gissler M, Opdahl S, Kajantie E. Preterm birth and asthma and COPD in adulthood: a nationwide register study from two Nordic countries. Eur Respir J. 2023 Jun 22;61(6):2201763. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01763-2022.

Hunter PJ, Muthiani Y, Näsänen-Gilmore PK, Koivu AM, Pörtfors P, Bastola K, Vimpeli R, Luoma J, Ashorn U, Ashorn P. A modular systematic review of antenatal interventions to address undernutrition during pregnancy in the prevention of low birth weight. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 Jun;117 Suppl 2:S134-S147. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.01.024.

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. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 Jun;117 Suppl 2:S118-S133. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.02.025.

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. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 Jun;117 Suppl 2:S160-S169. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2022.11.029.

Koivu AM, Haapaniemi T, Askari S, Bhandari N, Black RE, Chico RM, Dewey KG, Duggan CP, Klein N, Kumar S, Lawn JE, Manji K, Näsänen-Gilmore PK, Salasibew M, Semrau KEA, Ashorn U, Ashorn P; LBW prevention prioritization working group. What more can be done? Prioritizing the most promising antenatal interventions to improve birth weight. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 Jun;117 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S107-S117. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2022.10.022.

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Liu E, Wang D, Darling AM, Perumal N, Wang M, Ahmed T, Christian P, Dewey KG, Kac G, Kennedy S, Subramoney V, Briggs B, Fawzi WW; members of the GWG Pooling Project Consortium. 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 Dec 19;116(6):1864-1876. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqac259.

Ku CW, Ku CO, Tay LPC, Xing HK, Cheung YB, Godfrey KM, Colega MT, Teo C, Tan KML, Chong YS, Shek LP, Tan KH, Chan SY, Lim SX, Chong MF, Yap F, Chan JKY, Loy SL. Dietary Supplement Intake and Fecundability in a Singapore Preconception Cohort Study. Nutrients. 2022 Dec 1;14(23):5110. doi: 10.3390/nu14235110.

Neo SH, Tan JY, Sim DK, Ng ES, Loh JKX, Yang GM, Murtagh FEM, Cheung YB. Validity and Reliability of the Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale in Asian Heart Failure Patients. Palliat Med Rep. 2022 Nov 21;3(1):287-295. doi: 10.1089/pmr.2022.0029.

Dewey KG, Arnold CD, Wessells KR, Prado EL, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ali H, Arnold BF, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Ashraf S, Becquey E, Brown KH, Christian P, Colford JM Jr, Dulience SJ, Fernald LC, Galasso E, Hallamaa L, Hess SY, Humphrey JH, Huybregts L, Iannotti LL, Jannat K, Lartey A, Le Port A, Leroy JL, Luby SP, Maleta K, Matias SL, Mbuya MN, Mridha MK, Nkhoma M, Null C, Paul RR, Okronipa H, Ouédraogo JB, Pickering AJ, Prendergast AJ, Ruel M, Shaikh S, Weber AM, Wolff P, Zongrone A, Stewart CP. 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 Nov;116(5):1314-1333. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqac232. Epub 2023 Feb 10.

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Liu Z, Fan YM, Ashorn P, Chingwanda C, Maleta K, Hallamaa L, Hyöty H, Chaima D, Ashorn U. Lack of Associations between Environmental Exposures and Environmental Enteric Dysfunction among 18-Month-Old Children in Rural Malawi. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 1;19(17):10891. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191710891.

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Liu Z, Ashorn U, Chingwanda C, Maleta K, Hallamaa L, Matchado A, Kortekangas E, Dewey KG, Ashorn P, Fan YM. Provision of small‐quantity lipid‐based nutrient supplements does not improve intestinal health among rural Malawian children. Matern Child Nutr. 2022 Jul;18(3):e13331. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13331. Epub 2022 Feb 7.

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Ku CW, Loo RSX, Tiong MMY, Eng SYC, Cheung YB, Ong LS, Tan KH, Chong MF, Chan JKY, Yap F, Loy SL. Nocturnal Lifestyle Behaviours and Risk of Poor Sleep during Pregnancy. Nutrients. 2022 Jun 4;14(11):2348. doi: 10.3390/nu14112348.

Mahfuz M, Alam MA, Fahim SM, Hasan SMT, Sarmin M, Das S, Mostafa I, Parveen S, Rahman M, Arifeen SE, Clemens JD, Ahmed T. 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 Jun 1;12(6):e058074. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058074.

Briend A. Kwashiorkor – New evidence in the puzzle of oedema formation. EBioMedicine. 2022 Jun;80:104070. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104070. Epub 2022 May 19.

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Das R, Kabir MF, Ashorn P, Simon J, Chisti MJ, 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 May 5;14(9):1935. doi: 10.3390/nu14091935.

Loy SL, Chan DWK, Ku CW, Cheung YB, Godfrey KM, Tan KML, Chong YS, Shek LP, Tan KH, Chan SY, Chan JKY, Yap F. Metabolic health status and fecundability in a Singapore preconception cohort study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 May;226(5):714.e1-714.e16. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.11.1374. Epub 2021 Dec 16.

Videman K, Hallamaa L, Heimonen O, Mangani C, Luntamo M, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Ashorn U. Child growth and neurodevelopment after maternal antenatal antibiotic treatment. Arch Dis Child. 2022 Apr;107(4):323-328. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-322043. Epub 2021 Sep 3.

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 Apr;1510(1):52-67. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14733. Epub 2022 Jan 8.

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Gandhi M, Tan RS, Lim SL, Rand K, Lam CSP, Luo N, Cheung YB. Investigating 5-Level EQ-5D (EQ-5D-5L) Values Based on Preferences of Patients With Heart Disease. Value Health. 2022 Mar;25(3):451-460. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2021.09.010. Epub 2021 Nov 25.

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Choudhary MK, Penninkangas RM, Eräranta A, Niemelä O, Mangani C, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, 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 Mar;11(5):e022979. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.022979. Epub 2022 Feb 23.

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Thurstans S, Opondo C, Seal A, Wells JC, Khara T, Dolan C, Briend A, Myatt M, Garenne M, Mertens A, Sear R, Kerac M. Understanding Sex Differences in Childhood Undernutrition: A Narrative Review. Nutrients. 2022 Feb 23;14(5):948. doi: 10.3390/nu14050948.

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Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold CD, Lartey A, Okronipa H, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Fan YM, Matchado A, Kortekangas E, Oaks BM, Jackson KH, Dewey KG. Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Increase Infants’ Plasma Essential Fatty Acid Levels in Ghana and Malawi: A Secondary Outcome Analysis of the iLiNS-DYAD Randomized Trials. J Nutr. 2022 Jan 11;152(1):286-301. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab329.

Smith JW, Matchado AJ, Wu LS, Arnold CD, Burke SM, Maleta KM, Ashorn P, Stewart CP, Shaikh S, Ali H, Labrique AB, West KP Jr, Christian P, Dewey KG, Groopman JD, Schulze KJ. 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 7;6(2):nzab153. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzab153.

Colston JM, Zaitchik BF, Badr HS, Burnett E, Ali SA, Rayamajhi A, Satter SM, Eibach D, Krumkamp R, May J, Chilengi R, Howard LM, Sow SO, Jahangir Hossain M, Saha D, Imran Nisar M, Zaidi AKM, Kanungo S, Mandomando I, Faruque ASG, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Breiman RF, Omore R, Page N, Platts-Mills JA, Ashorn U, Fan YM, Shrestha PS, Ahmed T, Mduma E, Yori PP, Bhutta Z, Bessong P, Olortegui MP, Lima AAM, Kang G, Humphrey J, Prendergast AJ, Ntozini R, Okada K, Wongboot W, Gaensbauer J, Melgar MT, Pelkonen T, Freitas CM, Kosek MN. Associations Between Eight Earth Observation-Derived Climate Variables and Enteropathogen Infection: An Independent Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Surveillance Studies With Broad Spectrum Nucleic Acid Diagnostics. Geohealth. 2022 Jan 1;6(1):e2021GH000452. doi: 10.1029/2021GH000452.

Loo RSX, Yap F, Ku CW, Cheung YB, Tan KH, Chan JKY, Loy SL. Maternal meal irregularities during pregnancy and lifestyle correlates. Appetite. 2022 Jan 1;168:105747. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105747. Epub 2021 Oct 9.

Ma X, Cheung YB. crtrest: A command for ratio estimators of intervention effects on event rates in cluster randomized trials. STATA JOURNAL. 2022;22(4):908-923. doi: 10.1177/1536867X221141012.

2021

Antibiotics for Children With Diarrhea (ABCD) Study Group; Ahmed T, Chisti MJ, Rahman MW, Alam T, Ahmed D, Parvin I, Kabir MF, Sazawal S, Dhingra P, Dutta A, Deb S, Chouhan A, Sharma AK, Jaiswal VK, Dhingra U, Walson JL, Singa BO, Pavlinac PB, McGrath CJ, Nyabinda C, Deichsel EL, Anyango M, Kariuki KM, Rwigi D, Tornberg-Belanger SN, Kotloff KL, Sow SO, Tapia MD, Haidara FC, Mehta A, Coulibaly F, Badji H, Permala-Booth J, Tennant SM, Malle D, Bar-Zeev N, Dube Q, Freyne B, Cunliffe N, Ndeketa L, Witte D, Ndamala C, Cornick J, Qamar FN, Yousafzai MT, Qureshi S, Shakoor S, Thobani R, Hotwani A, Kabir F, Mohammed J, Manji K, Duggan CP, Kisenge R, Sudfeld CR, Kibwana U, Somji S, Bakari M, Msemwa C, Samma A, Bahl R, De Costa A, Simon J, Ashorn P. 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. Lääketieteellinen Aikakauskirja Duodecim. 2021 Dec;137(24):2716-2723.

Dewey KG, Wessells KR, Arnold CD, Prado EL, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ali H, Arnold BF, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Ashraf S, Becquey E, Bendabenda J, Brown KH, Christian P, Colford JM, Dulience SJL, Fernald LCH, Galasso E, Hallamaa L, Hess SY, Humphrey JH, Huybregts L, Iannotti LL, Jannat K, Lartey A, Le Port A, Leroy JL, Luby SP, Maleta K, Matias SL, Mbuya MNN, Mridha MK, Nkhoma M, Null C, Paul RR, Okronipa H, Ouédraogo JB, Pickering AJ, Prendergast AJ, Ruel M, Shaikh S, Weber AM, Wolff P, Zongrone A, Stewart CP. Characteristics that modify the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on child growth: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Nov 2;114(Suppl 1):15S-42S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab278.

Prado EL, Arnold CD, Wessells KR, Stewart CP, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold BF, Ashorn U, Ashorn P, Becquey E, Brown KH, Chandna J, Christian P, Dentz HN, Dulience SJL, Fernald LCH, Galasso E, Hallamaa L, Hess SY, Huybregts L, Iannotti LL, Jimenez EY, Kohl P, Lartey A, Le Port A, Luby SP, Maleta K, Matchado A, Matias SL, Mridha MK, Ntozini R, Null C, Ocansey ME, Parvez SM, Phuka J, Pickering AJ, Prendergast AJ, Shamim AA, Siddiqui Z, Tofail F, Weber AM, Wu LSF, Dewey KG. Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements for children age 6-24 months: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of effects on developmental outcomes and effect modifiers. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Nov 2;114(Suppl 1):43S-67S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab277.

Wessells KR, Arnold CD, Stewart CP, Prado EL, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold BF, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Becquey E, Brown KH, Byrd KA, Campbell RK, Christian P, Fernald LCH, Fan YM, Galasso E, Hess SY, Huybregts L, Jorgensen JM, Kiprotich M, Kortekangas E, Lartey A, Le Port A, Leroy JL, Lin A, Maleta K, Matias SL, Mbuya MNN, Mridha MK, Mutasa K, Naser AM, Paul RR, Okronipa H, Ouédraogo JB, Pickering AJ, Rahman M, Schulze K, Smith LE, Weber AM, Zongrone A, Dewey KG. Characteristics that modify the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on child anemia and micronutrient status: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Nov 2;114(Suppl 1):68S-94S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab276.

Kjaer TW, Grenov B, Yaméogo CW, Fabiansen C, Iuel-Brockdorff AS, Cichon B, Nielsen NS, Filteau S, Briend A, Wells JCK, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Faurholt-Jepsen D, Christensen VB. Correlates of serum IGF-1 in young children with moderate acute malnutrition: a cross-sectional study in Burkina Faso. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Sep 1;114(3):965-972. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab120.

Yang GM, Zhou S, Xu Z, Goh SS, Zhu X, Chong DQ, Tan DS, Kanesvaran R, Yee AC, Neo PS, Cheung YB. Comparing the effect of a consult model versus an integrated palliative care and medical oncology co-rounding model on health care utilization in an acute hospital – an open-label stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial. Palliat Med. 2021 Sep;35(8):1578-1589. doi: 10.1177/02692163211022957.

Mahfuz M, Hasan SMT, Alam MA, Das S, Fahim SM, Islam MM, Gazi MA, Hossain M, Egner PA, Groopman JD, 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 Nutr. 2021 Aug;24(11):3361-3370. doi: 10.1017/S1368980020001421. Epub 2020 Jul 3.

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 Jul 1;151(7):2022-2028. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab054.

Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold CD, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Jorgensen JM, Fan YM, Nkhoma M, Bendabenda J, Matchado A, Dewey KG. Consumption of multiple micronutrients or small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements containing iodine at the recommended dose during pregnancy, compared with iron and folic acid, does not affect women’s urinary iodine concentration in rural Malawi: a secondary outcome analysis of the iLiNS DYAD trial. Public Health Nutr. 2021 Jul;24(10):3049-3057. doi: 10.1017/S1368980020003250. Epub 2020 Oct 15.

Abreu AM, Young RR, Buchanan A, Lofgren IE, Okronipa HET, Lartey A, Ashorn P, Adu-Afarwuah S, Dewey KG, Oaks BM. Maternal Blood Pressure in Relation to Prenatal Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplementation and Adverse Birth Outcomes in a Ghanaian Cohort: A Randomized Controlled Trial and Cohort Analysis. J Nutr. 2021 Jun 1;151(6):1637-1645. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab018.

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.

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. Erratum in: Lancet Glob Health. 2022 Feb;10(2):e185. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00562-3.

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. 2021 May;9(5):e691-e700. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30540-4.

Rytter MJH, Cichon B, Fabiansen C, Yameogo CW, Windinmi SZ, Michaelsen KF, Filteau S, Jeppesen DL, Friis H, Briend A, Christensen VB. Thymus size in children with moderate malnutrition: a cohort study from Burkina Faso. Pediatr Res. 2021 May;89(7):1732-1741. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-1057-5. Epub 2020 Jul 20.

Jorgensen JM, Young R, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Chaima D, Davis JCC, Goonatilleke E, Kumwenda C, Lebrilla CB, Maleta K, Sadalaki J, Totten SM, Wu LD, Zivkovic AM, Dewey KG. Associations of Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Bioactive Proteins with Infant Morbidity and Inflammation in Malawian Mother-Infant Dyads. Curr Dev Nutr. 2021 Apr 29;5(5):nzab072. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzab072.

Haskell MJ, Young R, Adu-Afaruwah S, Lartey A, Okronipa HET, Maleta K, Ashorn U, Jorgensen JM, Fan YM, Arnold CD, Allen LH, Ashorn P, Dewey KG. Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Do Not Affect Plasma or Milk Retinol Concentrations Among Malawian Mothers, or Plasma Retinol Concentrations among Young Malawian or Ghanaian Children in Two Randomized Trials. J Nutr. 2021 Apr 8;151(4):1029-1037. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa439.

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.

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.

Liu Z, Fan YM, Ashorn P, Cheung YB, Hallamaa L, Hyöty H, Maleta K, Lehto KM, Oikarinen S, Parkkila S, Ashorn U. Faecal regenerating 1B protein concentration is not associated with child growth in rural Malawi. J Paediatr Child Health. 2021 Mar;57(3):388-394. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15231. Epub 2020 Oct 28.

Ashorn P. Infant Growth After Maternal Dietary Supplementation Before and During Pregnancy. J Pediatr. 2021 Feb;229:14-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.10.076. Epub 2020 Nov 4.

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 Feb 6;397(10273):543-554. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00133-1. Epub 2021 Jan 24.

Maleta K, Fan YM, Luoma J, Ashorn U, Bendabenda J, Dewey KG, Hyöty H, Knip M, Kortekangas E, Lehto KM, Matchado A, Nkhoma M, Nurminen N, Parkkila S, Purmonen S, Veijola R, Oikarinen S, Ashorn P. Infections and systemic inflammation are associated with lower plasma concentration of insulin-like growth factor I among Malawian children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Feb 2;113(2):380-390. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa327.

Abdallah MF, Briend A, Gonzales GB. Aflatoxins and kwashiorkor: A commentary on the association-causation conundrum. Toxicon. 2021 Jan 30;190:20-21. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.12.001. Epub 2020 Dec 8.

Jorgensen JM, Young R, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Chaima D, Davis JCC, Goonatilleke E, Kumwenda C, Lebrilla CB, Maleta K, Prado EL, Sadalaki J, Totten SM, Wu LD, Zivkovic AM, Dewey KG. Associations of human milk oligosaccharides and bioactive proteins with infant growth and development among Malawian mother-infant dyads. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Jan 4;113(1):209-220. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa272.

2020

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; members of the BRANCH steering committee; 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.

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. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69987-9. Erratum in: Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 6;10(1):16914. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73323-6.

Pyykkö J, Ashorn U, Chilora E, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Leppänen JM. Associations between individual variations in visual attention at 9 months and behavioral competencies at 18 months in rural Malawi. PLoS One. 2020 Oct 1;15(10):e0239613. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239613. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2020 Oct 15;15(10):e0241034. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241034.

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.

Hughes RL, Arnold CD, Young RR, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Fan YM, Ashorn U, Chaima D, Malamba-Banda C, Kable ME, Dewey KG. Infant gut microbiota characteristics generally do not modify effects of lipid‐based nutrient supplementation on growth or inflammation: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial in Malawi. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 9;10(1):14861. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71922-x.

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 Jun;21(4):501-511. doi: 10.1007/s10198-019-01156-w. Epub 2020 Jan 4.

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. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-02046-4.

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. 2020 Apr;25(4):424-432. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13360. Epub 2020 Jan 6.

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. 2020 Apr;16(2):e12928. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12928. Epub 2019 Dec 11.

Kamng’ona AW, Young R, Arnold CD, Patson N, Jorgensen JM, Kortekangas E, Chaima D, Malamba C, Ashorn U, Cheung YB, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Dewey KG. Provision of Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements to Mothers During Pregnancy and 6 Months Postpartum and to Their Infants From 6 to 18 Months Promotes Infant Gut Microbiota Diversity at 18 Months of Age but Not Microbiota Maturation in a Rural Malawian Setting: Secondary Outcomes of a Randomized Trial. J Nutr. 2020 Apr 1;150(4):918-928. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxz298.

Kortekangas E, Kamng’ona AW, Fan YM, Cheung YB, Ashorn U, Matchado A, Poelman B, Maleta K, Dewey KG, Ashorn P. Environmental Exposures and Child and Maternal Gut Microbiota in Rural Malawi. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2020 Mar;34(2):161-170. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12623. Epub 2020 Feb 3.

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. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1911965.

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. 2020 Feb 1;150(2):394-403. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxz253.

Adu-Afarwuah S, Young RR, Lartey A, Okronipa H, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Oaks BM, Dewey KG. Supplementation with Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Does Not Increase Child Morbidity in a Semiurban Setting in Ghana: A Secondary Outcome Noninferiority Analysis of the International Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements (iLiNS)-DYAD Randomized Controlled Trial. J Nutr. 2020 Feb 1;150(2):382-393. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxz243.

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 Jan 13;21(1):71. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3829-y.

Stewart CP, Wessells KR, Arnold CD, Huybregts L, Ashorn P, Becquey E, Humphrey JH, Dewey KG. Lipid-based nutrient supplements and all-cause mortality in children 6–24 months of age: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Clin Nutr. 2020 Jan 1;111(1):207-218. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz262.

2019

Kortekangas E, Young R, Cheung YB, Fan YM, Jorgensen JM, Kamng’ona AW, Chaima D, Ashorn U, Dewey KG, Maleta K, Ashorn P. A Prospective Study on Child Morbidity and Gut Microbiota in Rural Malawi. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Oct;69(4):431-437. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002435.

Pyykkö J, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Niehaus DJH, Leppänen JM. Cross-cultural analysis of attention disengagement times supports the dissociation of faces and patterns in the infant brain. Sci Rep. 2019 Oct 8;9(1):14414. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51034-x.

Lehto KM, Fan YM, Oikarinen S, Nurminen N, Hallamaa L, Juuti R, Mangani C, Maleta K, Hyöty H, Ashorn P. Presence of Giardia lamblia in stools of six to 18 month old asymptomatic Malawians is associated with children’s growth failure. Acta Paediatr. 2019 Oct;108(10):1833-1840. doi: 10.1111/apa.14832. Epub 2019 May 27.

Kamng’ona AW, Young R, Arnold CD, Kortekangas E, Patson N, Jorgensen JM, Prado EL, Chaima D, Malamba C, Ashorn U, Fan YM, Cheung YB, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Dewey KG. The association of gut microbiota characteristics in Malawian infants with growth and inflammation. Sci Rep. 2019 Sep 9;9(1):12893. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-49274-y.

Pyykkö J, Forssman L, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Leppänen JM. Early development of visual attention in infants in rural Malawi. Dev Sci. 2019 Sep;22(5):e12761. doi: 10.1111/desc.12761. Epub 2018 Nov 12.

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. doi: 10.1080/14737167.2019.1557048. Epub 2018 Dec 13.

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. doi: 10.1007/s40271-018-00354-7.

Hallamaa L, Cheung YB, Luntamo M, Ashorn U, Kulmala T, Mangani C, Ashorn P. The impact of maternal antenatal treatment with two doses of azithromycin and monthly sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine on child weight, mid-upper arm circumference and head circumference: A randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2019 May 7;14(5):e0216536. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216536.

Nkhoma M, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Dewey KG, Gondwe A, Maleta K. Lipid based nutrient supplements during pregnancy may improve foetal growth in HIV infected women – A cohort study. PLoS One. 2019 May 2;14(5):e0215760. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215760.

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. Erratum in: BMJ Paediatr Open. 2020 Oct 12;4(1):e000460corr1. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000460corr1.

Bendabenda J, Patson N, Hallamaa L, Ashorn U, Dewey KG, Ashorn P, Maleta K. Does anthropometric status at 6 months predict the over‑dispersion of malaria infections in children aged 6–18 months? A prospective cohort study. Malar J. 2019 Apr 22;18(1):143. doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2778-y.

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. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2018.10.002. Epub 2018 Nov 12.

Oaks BM, Jorgensen JM, Baldiviez LM, Adu-Afarwuah S, Maleta K, Okronipa H, Sadalaki J, Lartey A, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Vosti S, Allen LH, Dewey KG. Prenatal Iron Deficiency and Replete Iron Status Are Associated with Adverse Birth Outcomes, but Associations Differ in Ghana and Malawi. J Nutr. 2019 Mar 1;149(3):513-521. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy278.

Barua P, Beeson JG, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Stephen J, Rogerson SJ. The impact of early life exposure to Plasmodium falciparum on the development of naturally acquired immunity to malaria in young Malawian children. Malar J. 2019 Jan 18;18(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2647-8.

Prado EL, Yakes Jimenez E, Vosti S, Stewart R, Stewart CP, Somé J, Pulakka A, Ouédraogo JB, Okronipa H, Ocansey E, Oaks B, Maleta K, Lartey A, Kortekangas E, Hess SY, Brown K, Bendabenda J, Ashorn U, Ashorn P, Arimond M, Adu-Afarwuah S, Souheila Abbeddou S, Dewey K. Path analyses of risk factors for linear growth faltering in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso. BMJ Glob Health. 2019 Jan 13;4(1):e001155. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001155.

Fan YM, Oikarinen S, Lehto KM, Nurminen N, Juuti R, Mangani C, Maleta K, Hyöty H, Ashorn P. High prevalence of selected viruses and parasites and their predictors in Malawian children. Epidemiol Infect. 2019 Jan;147:e90. doi: 10.1017/S0950268819000025.

Adu-Afarwuah S, Young RT, Lartey A, Okronipa H, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Oaks BM, Arimond M, Dewey KG. Maternal and Infant Supplementation with Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Increases Infants’ Iron Status at 18 Months of Age in a Semiurban Setting in Ghana: A Secondary Outcome Analysis of the iLiNS-DYAD Randomized Controlled Trial. J Nutr. 2019 Jan 1;149(1):149-158. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy225.

2018

Bendabenda J, Patson N, Hallamaa L, Mbotwa J, Mangani C, Phuka J, Prado EL, Cheung YB, Ashorn U, Dewey KG, Ashorn P, Maleta K. The association of malaria morbidity with linear growth, hemoglobin, iron status, and development in young Malawian children: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pediatr. 2018 Dec 28;18(1):396. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1378-2.

Hemsworth J, Arimond M, Kumwenda C, Rehman AM, Maleta K, Ashorn U, Keogh R, Ferguson EL. Comparison of an interactive 24-h recall and weighed food record for measuring energy and nutrient intakes from complementary foods among 9-10-month-old Malawian infants consuming lipid-based nutrient supplements. Br J Nutr. 2018 Dec;120(11):1262-1271. doi: 10.1017/S0007114518002374. Epub 2018 Oct 23.

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.

Gondwe A, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Dewey KG, Maleta K, Nkhoma M, Mbotwa J, Jorgensen JM. Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and maternal gestational weight gain are positively associated with birth outcomes in rural Malawi. PLoS One. 2018 Oct 23;13(10):e0206035. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206035.

Jorgensen JM, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Baldiviez LM, Gondwe A, Maleta K, Nkhoma M, Dewey KG. Effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements or multiple micronutrient supplements compared with iron and folic acid supplements during pregnancy on maternal haemoglobin and iron status. Matern Child Nutr. 2018 Oct;14(4):e12640. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12640. Epub 2018 Jul 26.

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.

Leppilahti JM, Harjunmaa U, Järnstedt J, Mangani C, Hernández M, Tervahartiala T, Lopez R, Ashorn U, Ashorn P, Gieselmann DR, Sorsa T. Diagnosis of Newly Delivered Mothers for Periodontitis with a Novel Oral-Rinse aMMP-8 Point-of-Care Test in a Rural Malawian Population. Diagnostics (Basel). 2018 Sep 15;8(3):67. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics8030067.

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.

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.

Ashorn P, Hallamaa L, Allen LH, Ashorn U, Chandrasiri U, Deitchler M, Doyle R, Harjunmaa U, Jorgensen JM, Kamiza S, Klein N, Maleta K, Nkhoma M, Oaks BM, Poelman B, Rogerson R, Stewart CP, Zeilani M, Dewey KG. Co-causation of reduced newborn size by maternal undernutrition, infections, and inflammation. Matern Child Nutr. 2018 Jul;14(3):e12585. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12585. Epub 2018 Jan 8.

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.

Kumwenda C, Hemsworth J, Phuka J, Ashorn U, Arimond M, Maleta K, Prado EL, Haskell MJ, Dewey KG, Ashorn P. Association between breast milk intake at 9-10 months of age and growth and development among Malawian young children. Matern Child Nutr. 2018 Jul;14(3):e12582. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12582. Epub 2018 Jan 19.

Harjunmaa U, Doyle R, Järnstedt J, Kamiza S, Jorgensen JM, Stewart CP, Shaw L, Hallamaa L, Ashorn U, Klein N, Dewey KG, Maleta K, Ashorn P. Periapical infection may affect birth outcomes via systemic inflammation. Oral Dis. 2018 Jul;24(5):847-855. doi: 10.1111/odi.12817. Epub 2018 Mar 13.

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.

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.

Prado EL, Phuka J, Ocansey E, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Adu-Afarwuah S, Oaks BM, Lartey A, Dewey KG. A method to develop vocabulary checklists in new languages and their validity to assess early language development. J Health Popul Nutr. 2018 May 11;37(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s41043-018-0145-1.

Prado EL, Ashorn U, Phuka J, Maleta K, Sadalaki J, Oaks BM, Haskell M, Allen LH, Vosti SA, Ashorn P, Dewey KG. Associations of maternal nutrition during pregnancy and post-partum with maternal cognition and caregiving. Matern Child Nutr. 2018 Apr;14(2):e12546. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12546. Epub 2017 Nov 2.

Adams KP, Vosti SA, Ayifah E, Phiri TE, Adu-Afarwuah S, Maleta K, Ashorn U, Arimond M, Dewey KG. Willingness to pay for small‐quantity lipid‐based nutrient supplements for women and children: Evidence from Ghana and Malawi. Matern Child Nutr. 2018 Apr;14(2):e12518. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12518. Epub 2017 Sep 28.

Adu‐Afarwuah S, Young RT, Lartey A, Okronipa H, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Zeilani M, Dewey KG. Supplementation during pregnancy with small‐quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements or multiple micronutrients, compared with iron and folic acid, increases women’s urinary iodine concentration in semiurban Ghana: A randomized controlled trial. Matern Child Nutr. 2018 Apr;14(2):e12570. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12570. Epub 2017 Dec 6.

Hallamaa L, Cheung YB, Maleta K, Luntamo M, Ashorn U, Gladstone M, Kulmala T, Mangani C, Ashorn P. Child Health Outcomes After Presumptive Infection Treatment in Pregnant Women: A Randomized Trial. Pediatrics. 2018 Mar;141(3):e20172459. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-2459.

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.

Barua P, Chandrasiri UP, Beeson JG, Dewey KG, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Rogerson SJ. Effect of nutrient supplementation on the acquisition of humoral immunity to Plasmodium falciparum in young Malawian children. Malar J. 2018 Feb 7;17(1):74. doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2224-6.

Okronipa H, Adu-Afarwuah S, Lartey A, Ashorn P, Vosti SA, Young RR, Dewey KG. Maternal supplementation with small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements during pregnancy and lactation does not reduce depressive symptoms at 6 months postpartum in Ghanaian women: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2018 Feb;21(1):55-63. doi: 10.1007/s00737-017-0752-7. Epub 2017 Jul 11.

2017

Adams KP, Ayifah E, Phiri TE, Mridha MK, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arimond M, Arnold CD, Cummins J, Hussain S, Kumwenda C, Matias SL, Ashorn U, Lartey A, Maleta KM, Vosti SA, Dewey KG. Maternal and Child Supplementation with Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements, but Not Child Supplementation Alone, Decreases Self-Reported Household Food Insecurity in Some Settings. J Nutr. 2017 Dec;147(12):2309-2318. doi: 10.3945/jn.117.257386. Epub 2017 Oct 4.

Prado EL, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arimond M, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Bendabenda J, Brown KH, Hess SY, Kortekangas E, Lartey A, Maleta K, Oaks BM, Ocansey E, Okronipa H, Ouédraogo JB, Pulakka A, Somé JW, Stewart CP, Stewart RC, Vosti SA, Yakes Jimenez E, Dewey KG. Predictors and pathways of language and motor development in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi, and Burkina Faso. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2017 Nov;58(11):1264-1275. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12751. Epub 2017 May 23.

Smith ER, Shankar AH, Wu LSF, Aboud S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ali H, Agustina R, Arifeen S, Ashorn P, Bhutta ZA, Christian P, Devakumar D, Dewey KG, Friis H, Gomo E, Gupta P, Kæstel P, Kolsteren P, Lanou H, Maleta K, Mamadoultaibou A, Msamanga G, Osrin D, Persson LÅ, Ramakrishnan U, Rivera JA, Rizvi A, Sachdev HPS, Urassa W, West KP, Zagre N, Zeng L, Zhu Z, Fawzi WW, Sudfeld CR. Modifiers of the effect of maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation on stillbirth, birth outcomes, and infant mortality: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from 17 randomised trials in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Nov;5(11):e1090-e1100. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30371-6.

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. 2017 Oct;13(4):e12399. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12399. Epub 2016 Dec 2.

Jorgensen JM, Arnold C, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Chaima D, Cheung YB, Davis JC, Fan YM, Goonatilleke E, Kortekangas E, Kumwenda C, Lebrilla CB, Maleta K, Totten SM, Wu LD, Dewey KG. Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements During Pregnancy and Lactation Did Not Affect Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Bioactive Proteins in a Randomized Trial. J Nutr. 2017 Oct 1;147(10):1867-1874. doi: 10.3945/jn.117.252981.

Oaks BM, Stewart CP, Laugero KD, Adu-Afarwuah S, Lartey A, Vosti SA, Ashorn P, Dewey KG. Maternal plasma cholesterol and duration of pregnancy: A prospective cohort study in Ghana. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Oct;13(4):e12418. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12418. Epub 2016 Dec 27.

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.

Doyle RM, Harris K, Kamiza S, Harjunmaa U, Ashorn U, Nkhoma M, Dewey KG, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Klein N. Bacterial communities found in placental tissues are associated with severe chorioamnionitis and adverse birth outcomes. PLoS One. 2017 Jul 12;12(7):e0180167. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180167.

Arimond M, Abbeddou S, Kumwenda C, Okronipa H, Hemsworth J, Jimenez EY, Ocansey E, Lartey A, Ashorn U, Adu-Afarwuah S, Vosti SA, Hess SY, Dewey KG. Impact of small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements on infant and young child feeding practices at 18 months of age: results from four randomized controlled trials in Africa. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Jul;13(3):e12377. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12377. Epub 2016 Dec 2.

Aakko J, Grześkowiak Ł, Asukas T, Päivänsäde E, Lehto KM, Fan YM, Mangani C, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Salminen S. Lipid-based nutrient supplements do not affect gut Bifidobacterium microbiota in Malawian infants: a randomised trial. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017 Apr;64(4):610-615. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001333.

Forssman L, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Maleta K, Matchado A, Kortekangas E, Leppänen JM. Eye-tracking-based assessment of cognitive function in low-resource settings. Arch Dis Child. 2017 Apr;102(4):301-302. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310525. Epub 2016 Aug 22.

Adu-Afarwuah S, Lartey A, Okronipa H, Ashorn P, Zeilani M, Baldiviez LM, Oaks BM, Vosti S, Dewey KG. Impact of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement on hemoglobin, iron status and biomarkers of inflammation in pregnant Ghanaian women. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Apr;13(2):e12262. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12262. Epub 2016 Feb 29.

Stewart RC, Ashorn P, Umar E, Dewey KG, Ashorn U, Creed F, Rahman A, Tomenson B, Prado EL, Maleta K. The impact of maternal diet fortification with lipid-based nutrient supplements on postpartum depression in rural Malawi: a randomised-controlled trial. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Apr;13(2):e12299. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12299. Epub 2016 Apr 5.

Adu-Afarwuah S, Lartey A, Okronipa H, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Zeilani M, Arimond M, Vosti SA, Dewey KG. Maternal Supplementation with Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Compared with Multiple Micronutrients, but Not with Iron and Folic Acid, Reduces the Prevalence of Low Gestational Weight Gain in Semi-Urban Ghana: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Nutr. 2017 Apr;147(4):697-705. doi: 10.3945/jn.116.242909. Epub 2017 Mar 8.

Teivaanmäki T, Bun Cheung Y, Pulakka A, Virkkala J, Maleta K, Ashorn P. Height gain after two-years-of-age is associated with better cognitive capacity, measured with Raven’s coloured matrices at 15-years-of-age in Malawi. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Apr;13(2):e12326. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12326. Epub 2016 Jun 29.

Pulakka A, Cheung YB, Maleta K, Dewey KG, Kumwenda C, Bendabenda J, Ashorn U, Ashorn P. Effect of 12-month intervention with lipid-based nutrient supplement on the physical activity of Malawian toddlers: a randomised, controlled trial. Br J Nutr. 2017 Feb;117(4):511-518. doi: 10.1017/S0007114517000290.

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. Epub 2016 Oct 19.

Nkhoma M, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Dewey KG, Gondwe A, Mbotwa J, Rogerson S, Taylor SM, Maleta K. Providing lipid-based nutrient supplement during pregnancy does not reduce the risk of maternal P falciparum parasitaemia and reproductive tract infections: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2017 Jan 17;17(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-1215-2.

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. doi: 10.1093/aje/kww129. Epub 2016 Nov 17.

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. doi: 10.1177/1049732315610522. Epub 2015 Oct 20.

Cheng TS, Loy SL, Cheung YB, Godfrey KM, Gluckman PD, Kwek K, Saw SM, Chong YS, Lee YS, Yap F, Yen Chan JK, Lek N. 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. doi: 10.1007/s11121-016-0694-8.

Chandrasiri UP, Fowkes FJ, Beeson JG, Richards JS, Kamiza S, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Rogerson SJ. Association between malaria immunity and pregnancy outcomes among Malawian pregnant women receiving nutrient supplementation. Malar J. 2016 Nov 9;15(1):547. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1597-7.

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. doi: 10.1186/s12887-016-0712-9.

Prado EL, Phuka J, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Vosti SA, Dewey KG. Provision of Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements from Age 6 to 18 Months Does Not Affect Infant Development Scores in a Randomized Trial in Malawi. Matern Child Health J. 2016 Oct;20(10):2199-208. doi: 10.1007/s10995-016-2061-6.

Kumwenda C, Hemsworth J, Phuka J, Arimond M, Ashorn U, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Haskell M, Dewey KG. Factors associated with breast milk intake among 9-10 month-old Malawian infants. Matern Child Nutr. 2016 Oct;12(4):778-89. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12199. Epub 2015 Aug 11.

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 Oct;105(10):1166-72. doi: 10.1111/apa.13468. Epub 2016 Jun 8.

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.

Adu-Afarwuah S, Lartey A, Okronipa H, Ashorn P, Peerson JM, Arimond M, Ashorn U, Zeilani M, Vosti S, Dewey KG. Small-quantity, lipid-based nutrient supplements provided to women during pregnancy and 6 mo postpartum and to their infants from 6 mo of age increase the mean attained length of 18-mo-old children in semi-urban Ghana: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Sep;104(3):797-808. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.134692. Epub 2016 Aug 17.

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;1(12):16164. doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.164.

Shaw L, Harjunmaa U, Doyle R, Mulewa S, Charlie D, Maleta K, Callard R, Walker AS, Balloux F, Ashorn P, Klein N. Distinguishing the Signals of Gingivitis and Periodontitis in Supragingival Plaque: A Cross-Sectional Cohort Study in Malawi. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2016 Sep 16;82(19):6057-67. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01756-16.

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: 10.1371/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. Erratum in: Arch Public Health. 2020 Feb 26;78:17. doi: 10.1186/s13690-020-00401-6.

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):539. doi: 10.3390/nu8090539.

Briend A, Berkley JA. Long term health status of children recovering from severe acute malnutrition. Lancet Glob Health. 2016 Sep;4(9):e590-1. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30152-8. Epub 2016 Jul 25.

Klevor MK, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ashorn P, Arimond M, Dewey KG, Lartey A, Maleta K, Phiri N, Pyykkö J, Zeilani M, Ashorn U. A mixed method study exploring adherence to and acceptability of small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) among pregnant and lactating women in Ghana and Malawi. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2016 Aug 30;16(1):253. doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-1039-0.

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. Epub 2016 Jul 6.

Prado EL, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arimond M, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Brown KH, Hess SY, Lartey A, Maleta K, Ocansey E, Ouédraogo JB, Phuka J, Somé JW, Vosti SA, Yakes Jimenez E, Dewey KG. Linear Growth and Child Development in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Malawi. Pediatrics. 2016 Aug;138(2):e20154698. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-4698.

Gondwe A, Munthali A, Ashorn P, Ashorn U. Investigating Preterm Care at the Facility Level: Stakeholder Qualitative Study in Central and Southern Malawi. Matern Child Health J. 2016 Jul;20(7):1441-7. doi: 10.1007/s10995-016-1942-z.

Bendabenda J, Alho L, Ashorn U, Cheung YB, Dewey KG, Vosti SA, Phuka J, Maleta K, Ashorn P. The effect of providing lipid-based nutrient supplements on morbidity in rural Malawian infants and young children: a randomized controlled trial. Public Health Nutr. 2016 Jul;19(10):1893-903. doi: 10.1017/S1368980016000331. Epub 2016 Mar 9.

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. Epub 2016 Mar 8.

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. Epub 2016 Jan 26.

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 May;101(5):455-60. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309594. Epub 2016 Feb 16.

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. Epub 2016 Mar 21.

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.

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. Epub 2016 Feb 18.

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. Epub 2016 Feb 8.

Prado EL, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Vosti SA, Sadalaki J, Dewey KG. Effects of maternal and child lipid-based nutrient supplements on infant development: a randomized trial in Malawi. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Mar;103(3):784-93. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.114579. Epub 2016 Feb 3.

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. 2016 Mar;67(3):367-378.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.09.010. Epub 2015 Oct 23.

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.

Charbonneau MR, David O’Donnell D, Blanton LV, Totten SM, Davis JCC, Barratt MJ, Cheng J, Guruge J, Talcott M, Bain JR, Muehlbauer MJ, Ilkayeva O, Wu C, Struckmeyer T, Barile D, Mangani C, Jorgensen J, Fan YM, Maleta K, Dewey KG, Ashorn P, Newgard CB, Lebrilla C, Mills DA, Gordon JI.Sialylated Milk Oligosaccharides Promote microbiota-dependent growth in models of infant undernutrition. Cell. 2016 Feb 25;164(5):859-71. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.01.024. Epub 2016 Feb 18.

Blanton LV, Charbonneau MR, Salih T, Barratt BJ, Venkatesh S, Ilkaveya O, Subramanian S, Mark J. Manary MJ, Trehan I, Jorgensen JM, Fan YM, Henrissat B, Leyn SA, Rodionov DA, Osterman AL, Maleta KM, Newgard CB, Ashorn P, Dewey KG, Gordon JI. Gut bacteria that prevent growth impairments transmitted by microbiota from malnourished children. Science. 2016 Feb 19;351(6275):10.1126/science.aad3311 aad3311. doi: 10.1126/science.aad3311.

Oaks BM, Laugero KD, Stewart CP, Adu-Afarwuah S, Lartey A, Ashorn P, Vosti SA, Dewey KG. Late-Pregnancy Salivary Cortisol Concentrations of Ghanaian Women Participating in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Prenatal Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements. J Nutr. 2016 Feb;146(2):343-52. doi: 10.3945/jn.115.219576. Epub 2016 Jan 13.

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.

Cheung YB, Xu Y, Mangani C, Fan YM, Dewey K, Salminen SJ, Maleta K, Ashorn P. Gut microbiota in Malawian infants in a nutritional supplementation trial. Trop Med Int Health. 2016 Feb;21(2):283-90. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12650. Epub 2015 Dec 21.

Hemsworth J, Kumwenda C, Arimond M, Maleta K, Phuka J, Rehman AM, Vosti SA, Ashorn U, Filteau S, Dewey KG, Ashorn P, Ferguson EL. Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Increase Energy and Macronutrient Intakes from Complementary Food among Malawian Infants. J Nutr. 2016 Feb;146(2):326-34. doi: 10.3945/jn.115.215327. 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.

Gupta S, Palchaudhuri R, Neogi U, Srinivasa H, Ashorn P, De Costa A, Källander C, Shet A. Can HIV reverse transcriptase activity assay be a low-cost alternative of viral load testing. BMJ Open. 2016 Jan 27;6(1):e008795. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008795.

Harjunmaa U, Järnstedt J, Dewey KG, Ashorn U, Maleta K, Vosti SA, Ashorn P. Nutrient supplementation may adversely affect maternal oral health – a randomised controlled trial in rural Malawi. Matern Child Nutr. 2016 Jan;12(1):99-110. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12204. Epub 2015 Jul 21.

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. 57. doi: 10.1186/s40795-016-0096-0.

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.

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;43(1):18-24. doi: 10.3109/03014460.2015.1014418. Epub 2015 Oct 2.

2015

Stewart CP, Oaks BM, Laugero KD, Ashorn U, Harjunmaa U, Kumwenda C, Chaima D, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Dewey KG. Maternal cortisol and stress are associated with birth outcomes, but are not affected by lipid-based nutrient supplements during pregnancy: an analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial in rural Malawi. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2015 Dec 22;15:346. doi: 10.1186/s12884-015-0793-8.

Thakwalakwa CM, Ashorn P, Phuja JC, Cheung YB, Briend A, Maleta KM.Impact of lipid-based nutrient supplements and corn-soy blend on energy and nutrient intake among moderately underweight 8-18-month-old children participating in a clinical trial. Matern Child Nutr. 2015 Dec;11 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):144-50. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12105.

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 Dec 21;73:54. doi: 10.1186/s13690-015-0103-y.

Arimond M, Zeilani M, Jungjohann S, Brown KH, Ashorn P, Allen LH, Dewey KG. Considerations in developing lipid-based nutrient supplements for prevention of undernutrition: experience from the International Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements (iLiNS) Project. Matern Child Nutr. 2015 Dec;11 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):31-61. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12049.

Teivaanmäki T, Cheung YB, Kortekangas E, Maleta K, Ashorn P. Transition between stunted and nonstunted status: both occur from birth to 15 years of age in Malawi children. Acta Paediatr. 2015 Dec;104(12):1278-85. doi: 10.1111/apa.13060. Epub 2015 Jul 2.

Mangani C, Maleta K, Phuka J, Cheung YB, Thakwalakwa C, Dewey K, Manary M, Puumalainen T, Ashorn P. Effect of complementary feeding with lipid-based nutrient supplements and corn-soy blend on the incidence of stunting and linear growth among 6- to 18-month-old infants and children in rural Malawi. Matern Child Nutr. 2015 Dec;11 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):132-43. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12068.

Aakko J, Endo A, Mangani C, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Isolauri E, Salminen S. Distinctive intestinal Lactobacillus communities in six-month-old infants from rural Malawi and South-western Finland. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2015 Dec;61(6):641-8. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000878.

Rodrigues R, Poongulali S, Balaji K, Atkins S, Ashorn P, De Costa A. ‘The phone reminder is important, but will others get to know about my illness?’ Patient perceptions of an mHealth antiretroviral treatment support intervention in the HIVIND trial in South India. BMJ Open. 2015 Nov 2;5(11):e007574. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007574.

Pulakka A, Ashorn P, Gondwe A, Phiri N, Ashorn U. Malawian parents’ perceptions of physical activity and child development: a qualitative study. Child Care Health Dev. 2015 Nov;41(6):911-9. doi: 10.1111/cch.12218. Epub 2014 Nov 17.

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.

Harjunmaa U, Järnstedt J, Alho L, Dewey KG, Cheung YB, Deitchler M, Ashorn U, Maleta K, Klein NJ, Ashorn P. Association between maternal dental periapical infections and pregnancy outcomes: results from a cross-sectional study in Malawi. Trop Med Int Health. 2015 Nov;20(11):1549-1558. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12579. Epub 2015 Aug 18.

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):5708-5714. 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.

Maleta KM, Phuka J, Alho L, Cheung YB, Dewey KG, Ashorn U, Phiri N, Phiri T, Vosti SA, Zeilani M, Kumwenda C, Bendabenda J, Pulakka A, Ashorn P. Provision of 10-40g lipid-based nutrient supplements from 6 to 18 months of age does not prevent linear growth faltering in Malawi. J Nutr. 2015 Aug;145(8):1909-15. doi: 10.3945/jn.114.208181. Epub 2015 Jun 10.

Ashorn U, Alho L, Arimond M, Dewey KG, Maleta K, Phiri N, Phuka J, Vosti SA, Zeilani M, Ashorn P. Malawian mothers consider lipid-based nutrient supplements acceptable for children throughout a one-year intervention, but deviation from user recommendations is common. J Nutr. 2015 Jul;145(7):1588-95. doi: 10.3945/jn.114.209593. Epub 2015 May 20.

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.

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.

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.

Nurminen N, Juuti R, Oikarinen S, Fan Y, Lehto KM, Mangani C, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Hyöty H. High-Throughput Multiplex Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Method for Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium Species Detection in Stool Samples. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jun;92(6):1222-6. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0054. Epub 2015 Apr 27.

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.

Ashorn P, Alho L, Ashorn U, Cheung YB, Dewey KG, Gondwe A, Harjunmaa U, Lartey A, Phiri N, Phiri TE, Vosti SA, Zeilani M, Maleta K. Supplementation of Maternal Diets during Pregnancy and for 6 Months Postpartum and Infant Diets Thereafter with Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Does Not Promote Child Growth by 18 Months of Age in Rural Malawi: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Nutr. 2015 Jun;145(6):1345-53. doi: 10.3945/jn.114.207225. Epub 2015 Apr 29.

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.

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 Med. 2015 May 15;13:117. doi: 10.1186/s12916-015-0352-1.

Chandrasiri UP, Fowkes FJ, Richards JS, Langer C, Fan YM, Taylor SM, Beeson JG, Dewey KG, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Rogerson SJ. The impact of lipid-based nutrient supplementation on anti-malarial antibodies in pregnant women in a randomized controlled trial. Malar J. 2015 May 10;14:193. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0707-2.

Adu-Afarwuah S, Lartey A, Okronipa H, Ashorn P, Zeilani Z, Peerson JM, Arimond M, Vosti S, Dewey KG. Lipid-based nutrient supplement increases the birth size of infants of primiparous women in Ghana. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Apr;101(4):835-46. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.091546. Epub 2015 Feb 11.

Jimenez EY, Mangani C, Ashorn P, Harris WS, Maleta K, Dewey KG. Breast milk from women living near Lake Malawi is high in docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2015 Apr;95:71-8. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2014.12.002. Epub 2014 Dec 12.

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.

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. doi: 10.1177/15648265150361S109.

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. doi: 10.1177/15648265150361S104.

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. doi: 10.1177/15648265150361S103.

Cheung YB, Xu Y, Remarque EJ, Milligan P. Statistical estimation of antibody concentration using multiple dilutions. J Immunol Methods. 2015 Feb;417:115-123. doi: 10.1016/j.jim.2015.01.001. Epub 2015 Jan 10.

Pulakka A, Ashorn U, Cheung YB, Dewey KG, Maleta K, Vosti SA, Ashorn P. Effect of 12-month intervention with lipid-based nutrient supplements on physical activity of 18-month-old Malawian children: a randomised, controlled trial. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2015 Feb;69(2):173-8. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.138. Epub 2014 Jul 16.

Kau AL, Planer JD, Liu J, Rao S, Yatsunenko T, Trehan I, Manary MJ, Liu TC, Stappenbeck TS, Maleta KM, Ashorn P, Dewey KG, Houpt ER, Hsieh CS, Gordon JI. Functional characterization of IgA-targeted bacterial taxa from undernourished Malawian children that produce diet-dependent enteropathy. Sci Transl Med. 2015 Feb 25;7(276):276ra24. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa4877.

Ashorn P, Alho L, Ashorn U, Cheung YB, Dewey KG, Harjunmaa U, Lartey A, Nkhoma M, Phiri N, Phuka J, Vosti SA, Zeilani M, Maleta K. The impact of lipid-based nutrient supplement provision to pregnant women on newborn size in rural Malawi: A randomised controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Feb;101(2):387-97. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.088617. Epub 2014 Dec 10.

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.

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.

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.

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. Nestle Nutr Inst Workshop Ser. 2015;81:37-50. doi: 10.1159/000365802. Epub 2015 Jun 16.

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.

2014

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.

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.

Gondwe A, Munthali AC, Ashorn P, Ashorn U. Perceptions and experiences of community members on caring for preterm newborns in rural Mangochi, Malawi: a qualitatative study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2014 Dec 2;14:399. doi: 10.1186/s12884-014-0399-6.

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.

Mangani C, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Phuka J, Thakwalakwa C, Dewey K, Manary M, Puumalainen T, Cheung YB. Lipid-based nutrient supplements do not affect the risk of malaria or respiratory morbidity in 6- to 18-month-old malawian children in a randomized controlled trial. J Nutr. 2014 Nov;144(11):1835-42. doi: 10.3945/jn.114.196139. Epub 2014 Sep 17.

Gandhi M, Thumboo J, Wee HwL, Luo N, Cheung YB. How is the most severe health state being valued by the general population? Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2014 Oct 25;12:161. doi: 10.1186/s12955-014-0161-9.

Shet A, De Costa A, Kumarasamy N, Rodrigues R, Rewari BB, Ashorn P, Eriksson B, Diwan V; HIVIND Study Team. Effect of mobile telephone reminders on treatment outcome in HIV: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in India. BMJ. 2014 Oct 24;349:g5978. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g5978.

Chirwa ED, Griffiths P, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Pettifor JM, Norris SA. Postnatal growth velocity and overweight in early adolescents: a comparison of rural and urban African boys and girls. Am J Hum Biol. 2014 Sep-Oct;26(5):643-51. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22575. Epub 2014 Jun 20.

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.

Low JG, Sung C, Wijaya L, Wei Y, Rathore APS, 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. Infect Dis. 2014 Aug;14(8):706-715. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70730-3. Epub 2014 May 28.

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.

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.

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. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Jun;99(6):1522-3. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.083535.

Rodríguez-Díaz J, Mira-Pascual L, Collado MC, Endo A, Hyöty H, Mangani C, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Salminen S. Presence of human enteric viruses in the stools of healthy Malawian 6-month-old infants. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2014 Apr;58(4):502-4. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000215.

Briend A, Dewey KG. Complementary Feeding: Keeping the Message Simple. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2014 Mar;58(3):275. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000218.

Kumwenda C, Dewey KG, Hemsworth J, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Haskell MJ. Lipid-based nutrient supplements do not decrease breast milk intake of Malawian infants. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Mar;99(3):617-23. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.076588. Epub 2013 Dec 24.

Xu J, Luntamo M, Kulmala T, Ashorn P, Cheung YB. A longitudinal study of weight gain in pregnancy in Malawi: unconditional and conditional standards. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Feb;99(2):296-301. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.074120. Epub 2013 Nov 13.

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.

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.

Mangani C, Cheung YB, Maleta K, Phuka J, Thakwalakwa C, Dewey K, Manary M, Puumalainen T, Ashorn P. Providing lipid-based nutrient supplements does not affect developmental milestones among Malawian children. Acta Paediatr. 2014 Jan;103(1):e17-26. doi: 10.1111/apa.12443. Epub 2013 Nov 18.

Briend A. Kwashiorkor: still an enigma – the search must go on. CMAM, 2014.

Buttriss JL, Briend A, Darmon N, Ferguson EL, Maillott M, Lluc A. Diet modelling: How it can inform the development of dietary recommendations and public health policy. NUTRITION BULLETIN. 2014;39(1):115-125. doi: 10.1111/nbu.12076.

Xu Y, Lee CF, Cheung YB. Analyzing Binary Outcome Data with Small Clusters: A Simulation Study. Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation. 2014;43(7):1771-1782. doi: 10.1080/03610918.2012.744044.

Nummi T, Hakanen T, Lipiäinen L, Harjunmaa U, Salo MK, Saha M-T, Vuorela N. A trajectory analysis of body mass index for Finnish children. JOURNAL OF APPLIED STATISTICS. 2014;41(7):1422-1435. doi: 10.1080/02664763.2013.872232.

2013

Pulakka A, Cheung Y, Ashorn U, Penpraze V, Maleta K, Phuka J, Ashorn P. Feasibility and validity of the ActiGraph GT3X accelerometer in measuring physical activity of Malawian toddlers. Acta Paediatr. 2013 Dec;102(12):1192-8. doi: 10.1111/apa.12412.

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.

Christian P, Lee SE, Donahue Angel M, Adair LS, Arifeen SE, Ashorn P, Barros FC, Fall CH, Fawzi WW, Hao W, Hu G, Humphrey JH, Huybregts L, Joglekar CV, Kariuki SK, Kolsteren P, Krishnaveni GV, Liu E, Martorell R, Osrin D, Persson LA, Ramakrishnan U, Richter L, Roberfroid D, Sania A, Ter Kuile FO, Tielsch J, Victora CG, Yajnik CS, Yan H, Zeng L, Black RE. Risk of childhood undernutrition related to small-for-gestational age and preterm birth in low and middle income countries. Int J Epidemiol. 2013 Oct;42(5):1340-55. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyt109. Epub 2013 Aug 6.

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.

Flax VL, Mäkinen S, Ashorn U, Cheung YB, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Bentley ME. Responsive feeding and child interest in food vary when rural Malawian children are fed lipid-based nutrient supplements or local complementary food. Matern Child Nutr. 2013 Jul;9(3):369-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00377.x. Epub 2011 Nov 24.

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.

Luntamo M, Kulmala T, Cheung YB, Maleta K, Ashorn P. The effect of antenatal monthly sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine, alone or with azithromycin, on foetal and neonatal growth faltering in Malawi: a randomised controlled trial. Trop Med Int Health. 2013 Apr;18(4):386-97. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12074. Epub 2013 Feb 22.

Kayentao K, Garner P, van Eijk AM, Naidoo I, Roper C, Mulokozi A, MacArthur JR, Luntamo M, Ashorn P, Doumbo OK, ter Kuile FO. Intermittent preventive therapy for malaria during pregnancy using 2 vs 3 or more doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and risk of low birth weight in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA. 2013 Feb 13;309(6):594-604. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.216231.

Sintonen H, Bonilla-Carrión RE, Ashorn P. Nicaraguan Migration and the Prevalence of Adolescent Childbearing in Costa Rica. J Immigr Minor Health. 2013 Feb;15(1):111-8. doi: 10.1007/s10903-011-9570-6.

Lin JT, Mbewe B, Taylor SM, Luntamo M, Meshnick SR, Ashorn P.Increased prevalence of dhfr and dhps mutants at delivery in Malawian pregnant women receiving intermittent preventive treatment for malaria. Trop Med Int Health. 2013 Feb;18(2):175-8. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12028. Epub 2012 Nov 30.

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 Singap. 2013 Feb;42(2):73-9.

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(Suppl 1):47-71. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00449.x.

Gandhi M, Teivaanmaki T, Maleta K, Duan X, Ashorn P, Cheung YB. Child development at 5 years of age predicted mathematics ability and schooling outcomes in Malawian adolescents. Acta Paediatr. 2013 Jan;102(1):58-65. doi: 10.1111/apa.12021. Epub 2012 Sep 27.

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;21(5):389-401. doi: 10.1007/s10389-013-0567-6.

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.

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.

Thakwalakwa CM, Ashorn P, Jawati M, Phuka JC, Cheung YB, Maleta KM. An effectiveness trial showed lipid-based nutrient supplementation but not corn-soya blend offered a modest benefit in weight gain among 6- to 18-month-old underweight children in rural Malawi. Public Health Nutr. 2012 Sep;15(9):1755-62. doi: 10.1017/S1368980012003023. Epub 2012 Jun 13.

Thakwalakwa CM, Kuusipalo HM, Maleta KM, Phuka JC, Ashorn P, Cheung YB. The validity of a structured interactive 24-hour recall in estimating energy and nutrient intakes in 15-month-old rural Malawian children. Matern Child Nutr. 2012 Jul;8(3):380-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00283.x. Epub 2011 Feb 15.

Grześkowiak Ł, Collado MC, Mangani C, Maleta K, Laitinen K, Ashorn P, Isolauri E, Salminen S. Distinct gutmicrobiota in southeastern African and northern European infants. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Jun;54(6):812-6. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e318249039c.

Phuka JC, Gladstone M, Maleta K, Thakwalakwa C, Cheung YB, Briend A, Manary MJ, Ashorn P. Developmental outcomes among 18-month-old Malawians after a year of complementary feeding with lipid-based nutrient supplements or corn-soy flour. Matern Child Nutr. 2012 Apr;8(2):239-48. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00294.x. Epub 2011 Feb 22.

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, Maire B, Fontaine O, Garenne M. 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.

Luntamo M, Rantala AM, Meshnick SR, Cheung YB, Kulmala T, Maleta K, Ashorn P. The effect of monthly sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, alone or with azithromycin, on PCR-diagnosed malaria at delivery: a randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2012;7(7):e41123. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041123. Epub 2012 Jul 19.

Aitken EH, Mbewe B, Luntamo M, Kulmala T, Beeson JG, Ashorn P, Rogerson SJ. Antibody to P. falciparum in pregnancy varies with intermittent preventive treatment regime and bed net use. PLoS One. 2012;7(1):e29874. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029874. Epub 2012 Jan 27.

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.

Phuka J, Ashorn U, Ashorn P, Zeilani M, Cheung YB, Dewey KG, Manary M, Maleta K. Acceptability of three novel lipid-based nutrient supplements among Malawian infants and their caregivers. Matern Child Nutr. 2011 Oct;7(4):368-77. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00297.x. Epub 2011 Apr 21.

Gandhi M, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Teivaanmäki T, Duan X, Cheung YB. Height gain during early childhood is an important predictor of schooling and mathematics ability outcomes. Acta Paediatr. 2011 Aug;100(8):1113-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02254.x. Epub 2011 Mar 24.

Isanaka S, Grais RF, 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 KG, 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(Suppl 2):141-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00305.x.

de Pee S, Manary M, Ashorn P. The devil is in the details. Nutr Rev. 2011 Feb;69(2):116-7; author reply 118. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2010.00366.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

Luntamo M, Kulmala T, Mbewe B, Cheung YB, Maleta K, Ashorn P. Effect of repeated treatment of pregnant women with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and azithromycin on preterm delivery in Malawi: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Dec;83(6):1212-20. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0264.

Thakwalakwa C, Ashorn P, Phuka J, Cheung YB, Briend A, Puumalainen T, Maleta K. A lipid-based nutrientsupplement but not corn-soy blend modestly increases weight gain among 6- to 18-month-old moderately underweight children in rural Malawi. J Nutr. 2010 Nov;140(11):2008-13. doi: 10.3945/jn.110.122499. Epub 2010 Sep 22.

Cheung YB, Ashorn P. Continuation of linear growth failure and its association with cognitive ability are not dependent on initial length-for-age: a longitudinal study from 6 months to 11 years of age. Acta Paediatr. 2010 Nov;99(11):1719-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01593.x.

Rantala AM, Taylor SM, Trottman PA, Luntamo M, Mbewe B, Maleta K, Kulmala T, Ashorn P, Meshnick SR. Comparison of real-time PCR and microscopy for malaria parasite detection in Malawian pregnant women. Malar J. 2010 Oct 6;9:269. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-269.

Flax VL, Phuka J, Cheung YB, Ashorn U, Maleta K, Ashorn P. Feeding patterns and behaviors during home supplementation of underweight Malawian children with lipid-based nutrient supplements or corn-soy blend. Appetite. 2010 Jun;54(3):504-11. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2010.02.003. Epub 2010 Feb 11.

Aitken EH, Mbewe B, Luntamo M, Maleta K, Kulmala T, Friso MJ, Fowkes FJ, Beeson JG, Ashorn P, Rogerson SJ. Antibodies to chondroitin sulfate A-binding infected erythrocytes: dynamics and protection during pregnancy in women receiving intermittent preventive treatment. J Infect Dis. 2010 May 1;201(9):1316-25. doi: 10.1086/651578.

De Costa A, Shet A, Kumarasamy N, Ashorn P, Eriksson B, Bogg L, Diwan VK; HIVIND study team. Design of a randomized trial to evaluate the influence of mobile phone reminders on adherence to first line antiretroviral treatment in South India–the HIVIND study protocol. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2010 Mar 26;10:25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-25.

Stewart CP, Dewey KG, Ashorn P. The undernutrition epidemic: an urgent health priority. Lancet. 2010 Jan 23;375(9711):282. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60132-8.

Harjunmaa U, Nohynek H. Ilmastonmuutos pakottaa väestön liikkeelle – maailmanlaajuinen terveyden megatrendi. Suomen Lääkärilehti. 2010;2010(1-2):78-80.

2009

Flax VL, Thakwalakwa C, Phuka J, Ashorn U, Cheung YB, Maleta K, Ashorn P. Malawian mothers’ attitudes towards the use of two supplementary foods for moderately malnourished children. Appetite. 2009 Oct;53(2):195-202. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.06.008. Epub 2009 Jun 21.

Thakwalakwa C, Phuka J, Flax V, Maleta K, Ashorn P. Prevention and treatment of childhood malnutrition in rural Malawi: Lungwena nutrition studies. Malawi Med J. 2009 Sep;21(3):116-9. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v21i3.45633.

Phuka J, Thakwalakwa C, Maleta K, Cheung YB, Briend A, Manary M, Ashorn P. Supplementary feeding with fortified spread among moderately underweight 6-18-month-old rural Malawian children. Matern Child Nutr. 2009 Apr;5(2):159-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2008.00162.x.

Ashorn P. Antenatal corticosteroids to prevent preterm birth. Lancet. 2009 Mar 14;373(9667):893; author reply 894. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60542-0.

Phuka JC, Maleta K, Thakwalakwa C, Cheung YB, Briend A, Manary MJ, Ashorn P. Postintervention growth of Malawian children who received 12-mo dietary complementation with a lipid-based nutrient supplement or maize-soy flour. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Jan;89(1):382-90. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26483. Epub 2008 Dec 3.

2008

Flax VL, Maleta K, Ashorn U, Manary MJ, Briend A, Ashorn P. Intake of lipid-based nutrient supplements during illness and convalescence among moderately-underweight Malawian children. J Health Popul Nutr. 2008 Dec;26(4):468-70.

Cheung YB, Gladstone M, Maleta K, Duan X, Ashorn P. Comparison of four statistical approaches to score child development: a study of Malawian children. Trop Med Int Health. 2008 Aug;13(8):987-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02104.x. Epub 2008 Jun 28.

Phuka JC, Maleta K, Thakwalakwa C, Cheung YB, Briend A, Manary MJ, Ashorn P. Complementary feeding with fortified spread and incidence of severe stunting in 6- to 18-month-old rural Malawians. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Jul;162(7):619-26. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.162.7.619. Erratum in: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Oct;162(10):942.

Lin CA, Manary MJ, Maleta K, Briend A, Ashorn P. An energy-dense complementary food is associated with a modest increase in weight gain when compared with a fortified porridge in Malawian children aged 6-18 months. J Nutr. 2008 Mar;138(3):593-8. doi: 10.1093/jn/138.3.593.

Flax VL, Ashorn U, Phuka J, Maleta K, Manary MJ, Ashorn P. Feeding patterns of underweight children in rural Malawi given supplementary fortified spread at home.Matern Child Nutr. 2008 Jan;4(1):65-73. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00098.x.

Gladstone MJ, Lancaster GA, Jones AP, Maleta K, Mtitimila E, Ashorn P, Smyth RL. Can Western developmental screening tools be modified for use in a rural Malawian setting? Arch Dis Child. 2008 Jan;93(1):23-9. doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.095471. Epub 2007 Mar 22.

2007

Ashorn P. Human resources in developing countries. Lancet. 2007 Aug 25;370(9588):654-5; author reply 655. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61337-3.

Galpin L, Thakwalakwa C, Phuka J, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Wong WW, Manary MJ. Breast milk intake is not reduced more by the introduction of energy dense complementary food than by typical infant porridge. J Nutr. 2007 Jul;137(7):1828-33. doi: 10.1093/jn/137.7.1828.

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

2006

Kuusipalo H, Maleta K, Briend A, Manary M, Ashorn P. Growth and change in blood haemoglobin concentration among underweight Malawian infants receiving fortified spreads for 12 weeks: a preliminary trial. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2006 Oct;43(4):525-32. doi: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000235981.26700.d3.

Aaby P, Vessari H, Nielsen J, Maleta K, Benn CS, Jensen H, Ashorn P. Sex differential effects of routine immunizations and childhood survival in rural Malawi. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Aug;25(8):721-7. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000227829.64686.ae.

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 Dec;23(4):351-7.

Galpin L, Manary MJ, Fleming K, Ou CN, Ashorn P, Shulman RJ. Effect of Lactobacillus GG on intestinal integrity in Malawian children at risk of tropical enteropathy. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Nov;82(5):1040-5. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/82.5.1040.

Hartikainen H, Maleta K, Kulmala T, Ashorn P. Seasonality of gestational weight gain and foetal growth in rural Malawi. East Afr Med J. 2005 Jun;82(6):294-9. doi: 10.4314/eamj.v82i6.9300.

Ciliberto H, Ciliberto M, Briend A, Ashorn P, Bier D, Manary M. Antioxidant supplementation for the prevention of kwashiorkor in Malawian children: randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial. BMJ. 2005 May 14;330(7500):1109. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38427.404259.8F. Epub 2005 Apr 25.

Ciliberto MA, Sandige H, Ndekha MJ, Ashorn P, Briend A, Ciliberto HM, Manary MJ. 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 Apr;81(4):864-70. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/81.4.864.

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 Paediatr. 2005 Feb;94(2):222-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2005.tb01895.x.

Ashorn P, Kunnamo I. Diarrhoea and vomiting in children. In Kunnamo I, editor, Evidence-Based Medicine Guidelines. England: John Wiley & Sons. 2005. p. 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 Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2004 Aug;39(2):141-6. doi: 10.1097/00005176-200408000-00003.

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 Jun;89(6):557-61. doi: 10.1136/adc.2003.034306.

Maleta K, Kuittinen J, Duggan MB, Briend A, Manary M, Wales J, Kulmala T, Ashorn P. Supplementary feeding of underweight, stunted Malawian children with a ready-to-use food. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2004 Feb;38(2):152-8. doi: 10.1097/00005176-200402000-00010.

2003

Maleta K, Virtanen SM, Espo M, Kulmala T, Ashorn P. Childhood malnutrition and its predictors in rural Malawi. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2003 Oct;17(4):384-90. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2003.00519.x.

Maleta K, Virtanen S, Espo M, Kulmala T, Ashorn P. Timing of growth faltering in rural Malawi. Arch Dis Child. 2003 Jul;88(7):574-8. doi: 10.1136/adc.88.7.574.

Maleta K, Virtanen SM, Espo M, Kulmala T, Ashorn P. Seasonality of growth and the relationship between weight and height gain in children under three years of age in rural Malawi. Acta Paediatr. 2003 Apr;92(4):491-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2003.tb00584.x.

2002

Ashorn P, Maleta K, Espo M, Kulmala T.Male biased mortality among 1-2 year old children in rural Malawi. Arch Dis Child. 2002 Nov;87(5):386-7. doi: 10.1136/adc.87.5.386.

Espo M, Kulmala T, Maleta K, Cullinan T, Salin ML, Ashorn P. Determinants of linear growth and predictors of severe stunting during infancy in rural Malawi. Acta Paediatr. 2002;91(12):1364-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2002.tb02835.x.

2001

Kulmala T, Vaahtera M, Ndekha M, Koivisto AM, Cullinan T, Salin ML, Ashorn P. Gestational health and predictors of newborn weight amongst pregnant women in rural Malawi. Afr J Reprod Health. 2001 Dec;5(3):99-108.

Vaahtera M, Kulmala T, Hietanen A, Ndekha M, Cullinan T, Salin ML, Ashorn P. Breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in rural Malawi. Acta Paediatr. 2001 Mar;90(3):328-32.

2000

Vaahtera M, Kulmala T, Maleta K, Cullinan T, Salin ML, Ashorn P. Childhood immunization in rural Malawi: time of administration and predictors of non-compliance. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2000 Dec;20(4):305-12. doi: 10.1080/02724936.2000.11748152.

Kulmala T, Vaahtera M, Rannikko J, Ndekha M, Cullinan T, Salin ML, Ashorn P. The relationship between antenatal risk characteristics, place of delivery and adverse delivery outcome in rural Malawi. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2000 Nov;79(11):984-90.

Vaahtera M, Kulmala T, Maleta K, Cullinan T, Salin ML, Ashorn P. Epidemiology and predictors of infant morbidity in rural Malawi. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2000 Oct;14(4):363-71. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2000.00308.x.

Kulmala T, Vaahtera M, Ndekha M, Koivisto AM, Cullinan T, Salin ML, Ashorn P. The importance of preterm births for peri- and neonatal mortality in rural Malawi. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2000 Jul;14(3):219-26. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2000.00270.x.

Vaahtera M, Kulmala T, Ndekha M, Koivisto AM, Cullinan T, Salin ML, Ashorn P. Antenatal and perinatal predictors of infant mortality in rural Malawi. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2000 May;82(3):F200-4. doi: 10.1136/fn.82.3.f200.

Ashorn P, Kulmala T, Vaahtera M. Health for all in the 21^st century? Ann Med. 2000 Mar;32(2):87-9. doi: 10.3109/07853890009011756.

Kulmala T, Vaahtera M, Ndekha M, Cullinan T, Salin ML, Koivisto AM, Ashorn P. Socio-economic support for good health in rural Malawi. East Afr Med J. 2000 Mar;77(3):168-71. doi: 10.4314/eamj.v77i3.46616.