Stunting Is Characterized by Chronic Inflammation in Zimbabwean Infants
Figure 1
Selection of cases and controls.
14110 women were recruited within 96–2000. Eligible infants for this current study were born to women who were HIV-negative at baseline and remained uninfected through 18 months, who had anthropometry data available at 18 mo and stored plasma samples of ≥0.2 mL volume from at least 4 study time-points between 6 weeks and 18 months of age. Stunted infants were selected based on height-for-age Z-score <−2.0 at 18 mo; non-stunted infants were selected based on height-for-age Z-score >−0.5 at 18 mo.