Wessells, K. Ryan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5485-7144
Brown, Kenneth H. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6498-3120
Arnold, Charles D. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-3172
Barffour, Maxwell A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9247-4195
Hinnouho, Guy-Marino http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8079-9702
Killilea, David W. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8929-6527
Kounnavong, Sengchanh http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5766-5941
Hess, Sonja Y. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4661-277X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Nutrition International (10-1347-UCALIF-07)
Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition (10-1347-UCALIF-07)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1134272)
Bristol-Myers Squibb (Freedom to Discover Award)
Article History
Received: 17 March 2020
Accepted: 15 April 2020
First Online: 30 April 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: KHB and the spouse of SYH worked for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which provided part of the financial support. None of the other authors have a conflict of interest to declare. The sponsors had no involvement in the study design, analysis, and interpretation of data, report writing, or the decision to submit the article for publication.
: The trial protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of California, Davis (IRB; 626,187) and the National Ethics Committee for Health Research, Ministry of Health, Lao PDR (NEHCR; 040/2014, 069/2015, 039/2016). The authors certify the study was performed in accordance with the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent, documented with either a written signature or a fingerprint, was obtained from a parent or guardian of each participant.
: Not applicable.
: The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available from the study principal investigator on reasonable request (syhess@ucdavis.edu).
: Not applicable.