Concordance between Hemoglobin and Hematocrit among Children and Pregnant Persons in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data, 1999–2020

Authors: Wolf, Maren E ^{1, 2}, Elena D. Jefferds, Maria ², Gardner, Lisa D ², Mei, Zuguo ², Pfeiffer, Christine M ³, Addo, O. Yaw ^{2, ⁎}

Source: In The Journal of Nutrition March 2025 155(3):968-974

Development of a Population-Level Dichotomous Indicator of Minimum Dietary Diversity as a Proxy for Micronutrient Adequacy in Adolescents Aged 10–19 Y in the United States

Authors: Jenkins, Mica, Jefferds, Maria Elena D, Aburto, Nancy J, Ramakrishnan, Usha, Hartman, Terryl J, Martorell, Reynaldo, Addo, O Yaw

Source: In The Journal of Nutrition September 2024 154(9):2795-2806

Physiologically based trimester-specific serum ferritin thresholds for iron deficiency in US pregnant women

Authors: Mei, Zuguo, Addo, O. Yaw, Jefferds, Maria Elena D., Flores-Ayala, Rafael C., Brittenham, Gary M.

Source: In Blood Advances 23 July 2024 8(14):3745-3753

Streamlining Micronutrient Biomarker Statistical Analysis in Populations: An Introduction to the SAMBA R Package

Authors: Luo, Hanqi, Beal, Ty, Blake, Tineka, Zeiler, Madeleine, Geng, Jiaxi, Werner, E Rochelle, Addo, O Yaw, Suchdev, Parminder S., Young, Melissa F.

Source: In The Journal of Nutrition September 2023 153(9):2753-2761

Trends in Micronutrient Interventions, Anemia, and Iron Deficiency among Women and Children in Guatemala, 2009–2019

Authors: Gosdin, Lucas, Addo, O Yaw, Palmieri, Mireya, Mesarina, Karla, Mazariegos, Dora Inés, Martínez, Carolina, Santizo, Maria Claudia, Guzmán, Lizet, Alfaro, Yma, Flores-Ayala, Rafael, Jefferds, Maria Elena D.

Source: In Current Developments in Nutrition August 2023 7(8)

What Do United States Adolescents Eat? Food Group Consumption Patterns and Dietary Diversity from a Decade of Nationally Representative Data

Authors: Jenkins, Mica, Jefferds, Maria Elena D., Aburto, Nancy J., Ramakrishnan, Usha, Martorell, Reynaldo, Addo, O. Yaw

Source: In Current Developments in Nutrition August 2023 7(8)

Comparison of Current World Health Organization Guidelines with Physiologically Based Serum Ferritin Thresholds for Iron Deficiency in Healthy Young Children and Nonpregnant Women Using Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Authors: Mei, Zuguo, Addo, O Yaw, Jefferds, Maria Elena D., Sharma, Andrea J., Flores-Ayala, Rafael C., Pfeiffer, Christine M., Brittenham, Gary M.

Source: In The Journal of Nutrition March 2023 153(3):771-780

Micronutrient deficiencies among preschool-aged children and women of reproductive age worldwide: a pooled analysis of individual-level data from population-representative surveys

Authors: Addo, O Yaw, Adu-Afarwuah, Seth, Alayón, Silvia, Bhutta, Zulfiqar, Brown, Kenneth H, Jefferds, Maria Elena, Engle-Stone, Reina, Fawzi, Wafaie, Hess, Sonja Y, Johnston, Robert, Katz, Joanne, Krasevec, Julia, McDonald, Christine M, Mei, Zuguo, Osendarp, Saskia, Paciorek, Christopher J, Petry, Nicolai, Pfeiffer, Christine M, Ramirez-Luzuriaga, Maria J, Rogers, Lisa M, Rohner, Fabian, Sethi, Vani, Suchdev, Parminder S, Tessema, Masresha, Villapando, Salvador, Wieringa, Frank T, Williams, Anne M, Woldeyahannes, Meseret, Young, Melissa F, Stevens, Gretchen A ^*, Beal, Ty ^*, Mbuya, Mduduzi N N, Luo, Hanqi, Neufeld, Lynnette M ^*

Source: In The Lancet Global Health November 2022 10(11):e1590-e1599

Physiologically based serum ferritin thresholds for iron deficiency in women of reproductive age who are blood donors

Authors: Addo, O. Yaw ^*, Mei, Zuguo, Hod, Eldad A., Jefferds, Maria Elena, Sharma, Andrea J., Flores-Ayala, Rafael C., Spitalnik, Steven L., Brittenham, Gary M.

Source: In Blood Advances 28 June 2022 6(12):3661-3665

Limits of Detection in Acute-Phase Protein Biomarkers Affect Inflammation Correction of Serum Ferritin for Quantifying Iron Status among School-Age and Preschool-Age Children and Reproductive-Age Women

Authors: Gosdin, Lucas ^*, Sharma, Andrea J, Suchdev, Parminder S, Jefferds, Maria Elena, Young, Melissa F, Addo, O Yaw

Source: In The Journal of Nutrition May 2022 152(5):1370-1377

Experiences and Lessons Learned in Developing and Implementing a Population-Based Nutrition and Health Surveillance System in Guatemala 2011–2021

Authors: Palmieri, Mireya, Flores-Ayala, Rafael, Mesarina, Karla, Mazariegos, Dora Inés, Martínez, Carolina, López, Baudilio, Santizo, María Claudia, Whitehead, Ralph D, Jr, Addo, O Yaw, Aponte, José, Quiñónez, Eugenia De León, Sagastume, Manuel de Jesús, Jefferds, María Elena D ^*

Source: In Current Developments in Nutrition April 2022 6(4)

Physiologically based serum ferritin thresholds for iron deficiency in children and non-pregnant women: a US National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) serial cross-sectional study

Authors: Mei, Zuguo ^*, Addo, O Yaw, Jefferds, Maria Elena, Sharma, Andrea J, Flores-Ayala, Rafael C, Brittenham, Gary M

Source: In The Lancet Haematology August 2021 8(8):e572-e582

A School-Based Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Program Effectively Reduces Anemia in a Prospective Cohort of Ghanaian Adolescent Girls

Authors: Gosdin, Lucas ^*, Sharma, Andrea J, Tripp, Katie ^**, Amoaful, Esi Foriwa, Mahama, Abraham B, Selenje, Lilian, Jefferds, Maria Elena, Martorell, Reynaldo, Ramakrishnan, Usha, Addo, O Yaw

Source: In The Journal of Nutrition June 2021 151(6):1646-1655

Longitudinal Associations of Pubertal Timing and Tempo With Adolescent Mental Health and Risk Behavior Initiation in Urban South Africa

Authors: Kowalski, Alysse J., Addo, O. Yaw, Kramer, Michael R., Martorell, Reynaldo, Norris, Shane A., Waford, Rachel N., Richter, Linda M., Stein, Aryeh D.

Source: Journal of adolescent health. 69(1):64-73

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Barriers to and Facilitators of Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation within a School-Based Integrated Nutrition and Health Promotion Program among Ghanaian Adolescent Girls

Authors: Gosdin, Lucas ^*, Sharma, Andrea J, Tripp, Katie, Amoaful, Esi F, Mahama, Abraham B, Selenje, Lilian, Jefferds, Maria E, Ramakrishnan, Usha, Martorell, Reynaldo, Addo, O Yaw

Source: In Current Developments in Nutrition September 2020 4(9)

Combined infant and young child feeding with small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation is associated with a reduction in anemia but no changes in anthropometric status of young children from Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo: a quasi-experimental effectiveness study

Authors: Addo, O Yaw ^*, Locks, Lindsey M, Jefferds, Maria Elena, Nanama, Simeon, Albert, Bope, Sandalinas, Fanny, Nanema, Ambroise, Whitehead, R Donnie, Jr, Mei, Zuguo, Clayton, Heather B, Garg, Aashima, Kupka, Roland, Tripp, Katie

Source: In The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition September 2020 112(3):683-694

Association between anemia and household water source or sanitation in preschool children: the Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project

Authors: Yu, Emma X, Addo, O Yaw, Williams, Anne M, Engle-Stone, Reina, Ou, Jiangda, Huang, Weixing, Guo, Junjie, Suchdev, Parminder S, Young, Melissa F ^*

Source: In The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition August 2020 112 Supplement 1:488S-497S

Intraindividual double burden of overweight and micronutrient deficiencies or anemia among preschool children

Authors: Engle-Stone, Reina ^*, Guo, Junjie, Ismaily, Sanober, Addo, O Yaw, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Oaks, Brietta, Suchdev, Parminder S, Flores-Ayala, Rafael, Williams, Anne M

Source: In The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition August 2020 112 Supplement 1:478S-487S

Intraindividual double burden of overweight or obesity and micronutrient deficiencies or anemia among women of reproductive age in 17 population-based surveys

Authors: Williams, Anne M ^*, Guo, Junjie, Addo, O Yaw, Ismaily, Sanober, Namaste, Sorrel ML, Oaks, Brietta M, Rohner, Fabian, Suchdev, Parminder S, Young, Melissa F, Flores-Ayala, Rafael, Engle-Stone, Reina

Source: In The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition August 2020 112 Supplement 1:468S-477S

An Integrated Infant and Young Child Feeding and Small-Quantity Lipid-based Nutrient Supplementation Program Is Associated with Improved Gross Motor and Communication Scores of Children 6-18 Months in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Authors: Addo, O. Yaw, Tripp, Katie, Nanama, Simeon, Albert, Bope, Sandalinas, Fanny, Nanema, Ambroise, Jefferds, Maria Elena, Clayton, Heather B., Whitehead, Ralph D., Jr., Garg, Aashima, Kupka, Roland, Locks, Lindsey M.

Source: In The Journal of Pediatrics July 2020 222:154-163