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Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutrition Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA)

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Geography 
Azerbaijan (AZE)
Cambodia (KHM)
Colombia (COL)
Ecuador (ECU)
Kenya (KEN)
Liberia (LBR)
Malawi (MWI)
Mexico (MEX)
Mongolia (MNG)
Nicaragua (NIC)
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
United Kingdom (GBR)
United States of America (USA)
Viet Nam (VNM)
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Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2003 - 12/2016
Data type
Survey:
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutrition Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project researched and assessed the following: factors associated with inflammation; associations between AGP, CRP, and malaria infection with iron and vitamin A biomarkers and approaches to adjust for malaria and inflammation effects; identification of risk factors and their contributions to anemia in children and women of childbearing age. Data were collected and harmonized from 16 household nutrition surveys from 14 countries.

Keywords 
Anthropometry, Antihelminthics, Antimalarials, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Education, Fertility, Folic acid, GNI, Health facilities, Health promotion, Health status, Height, Hemoglobin, Household water treatment, Infant mortality, Infectious diseases, Insecticide-treated bednets, Intestinal nematode infections, Iodine supplements, Iron, Iron supplements, Life expectancy, Literacy, Malaria, Malnutrition, Marital status, Maternal mortality, Menstruation, Micronutrient supplements, Micronutrients, Mortality, Oral rehydration therapy, Population, Poverty, Pregnancy, Prevalence, Public social assistance, Religion, Sanitation, Schistosomiasis, Tobacco smoking, Urine tests, Vision loss, Vitamin A supplements, Vitamin D supplements, Water supply, Weight, Zinc
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 6, 2021