Gastrointestinal and respiratory morbidity when introducing eggs as complementary food: a randomised controlled trial in South African infants.


Journal

Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
29 10 2024
Historique:
received: 09 02 2024
accepted: 10 10 2024
medline: 29 10 2024
pubmed: 29 10 2024
entrez: 29 10 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

We investigated the incidence and duration of morbidity symptoms among infants aged 6 to 9 months from a low socioeconomic community receiving one egg daily for 6 months. This was a secondary outcome of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of 500 infants conducted in Jouberton, South Africa. The primary outcome was linear growth. Morbidity data were collected weekly using a symptoms diary and qualitative data with focus group discussions at the endpoint. Ethical approval was obtained from the North-West University Health Research Ethics Committee. The intervention group had a ~ 5% higher incidence of gastrointestinal morbidity (17.0%) compared to the control group (11.9%). Gastrointestinal morbidity without fever tended to be 1.4 times higher in the intervention group (OR: 1.43, 95% CI: 1.03, 1.93; P = 0.058) and tended to be 4 times higher with fever (OR: 4.07, 95% CI: 0.86, 19.23; P = 0.077). The duration of total gastrointestinal and respiratory morbidity was 1.5 days longer in the intervention group (β: 1.491; 95% CI 0.064, 2.918; P = 0.041). Complementary feeding with eggs may have contributed towards an increased risk for gastrointestinal morbidity.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39468133
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-76169-4
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-76169-4
doi:

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Journal Article Randomized Controlled Trial

Langues

eng

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© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Regina Nakiranda (R)

North-West University (Centre of Excellence for Nutrition), Potchefstroom, South Africa. reginaki30@gmail.com.

Linda Malan (L)

North-West University (Centre of Excellence for Nutrition), Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Hannah Ricci (H)

North-West University (Centre of Excellence for Nutrition), Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Herculina S Kruger (HS)

North-West University (Centre of Excellence for Nutrition), Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Arista Nienaber (A)

North-West University (Centre of Excellence for Nutrition), Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Marina Visser (M)

North-West University (Centre of Excellence for Nutrition), Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Cristian Ricci (C)

Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Mieke Faber (M)

North-West University (Centre of Excellence for Nutrition), Potchefstroom, South Africa.
South African Medical Research Council (Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit), Tygerberg, South Africa.

Cornelius M Smuts (CM)

North-West University (Centre of Excellence for Nutrition), Potchefstroom, South Africa.

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