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On the other hand, several studies have suggested that malnourished children are protected to some degree against malaria. Our aim was to evaluate whether observational data support the hypothesis that nutritional inadequacies that cause stunting modify the associations between malaria and hematologic indicators such as hemoglobin concentration and serum concentrations of C-reactive protein and soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR). We showed earlier that increased serum concentrations of these receptors in asymptomatic malaria may be explained, at least in part, by increased erythropoiesis to compensate for malaria-induced hemolysis.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Methodology. Community-based cluster survey among Kenyan children aged 2 to 36 months asymptomatic for malaria or anemia (n = 318).<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results. When adjusted for age and wasting, the malaria-associated decrease in mean hemoglobin concentration was 8.5 g\/L and 15.8 g\/L in nonstunted and stunted children, respectively. The malaria-associated increase in geometric mean serum concentrations of sTfR was 1.1-fold and 1.8-fold in nonstunted and stunted children, respectively. The malaria-associated increase in geometric mean serum concentrations of C-reactive protein was 1.4-fold and 2.3-fold in nonstunted and stunted children, respectively. Thus, children with malaria and those who were stunted suffered from more severe anemia and had higher serum concentrations of C-reactive protein and sTfR than would be expected from the combined effect of the 2 working independently.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusions. Our results are consistent with the notion that the nutritional inadequacies causing stunting also impair host immunity, thus increasing the degree to which malaria is associated with decreased concentrations of hemoglobin, with increased inflammation, and with increased iron demand in developing erythroblasts. Increased intake of micronutrients may not only reduce stunting and nutritional anemia, but also reduce malaria-associated anemia.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.110.4.e48","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2004,8,14]],"date-time":"2004-08-14T00:17:55Z","timestamp":1092442675000},"page":"e48-e48","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":39,"title":["Stunting May Determine the Severity of Malaria-Associated Anemia in African Children"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"110","author":[{"given":"Hans","family":"Verhoef","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, the Netherlands"},{"name":"African Medical and Research Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Clive E.","family":"West","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, the Netherlands"},{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, the Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jacobien","family":"Veenemans","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, the Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yves","family":"Beguin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Lie\u0300ge, Belgium"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Frans J.","family":"Kok","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, the Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"417","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2002,10,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021121006413513800_R1","unstructured":"Ulijaszek SJ. 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