Correlates of gut function in children hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition, a cross-sectional study in Uganda

Betty Lanyero; Benedikte Grenov; Nicolette Nabukeera Barungi; Hanifa Namusoke; Kim F. Michaelsen; Ezekiel Mupere; Christian Mølgaard; Pingping Jiang; Hanne Frøkiær; Maria Wiese; Musemma Kedir Muhammed; Hannah Pesu; Dennis Sandris Nielsen; Henrik Friis; Maren Johanne Heilskov Rytter; Vibeke Brix Christensen

doi:10.1097/MPG.0000000000002381

Correlates of gut function in children hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition, a cross-sectional study in Uganda

Betty Lanyero^*, Benedikte Grenov, Nicolette Nabukeera Barungi, Hanifa Namusoke, Kim F. Michaelsen, Ezekiel Mupere, Christian Mølgaard, Pingping Jiang, Hanne Frøkiær, Maria Wiese, Musemma Kedir Muhammed, Hannah Pesu, Dennis Sandris Nielsen, Henrik Friis, Maren Johanne Heilskov Rytter, Vibeke Brix Christensen

^*Corresponding author for this work

Abstract

Objective:Children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) may have impaired intestinal function, which can result in malabsorption, diarrhoea, and poor growth. This study evaluated the gut function of children with SAM using fecal and blood biomarkers and assessed their correlates.Methods:A cross-sectional study, nested in a randomized trial (www.isrctn.com, ISRCTN 16454889), was conducted at Mulago hospital, Uganda among subgroups of 400 children with complicated SAM and 30 community controls. Gut function was evaluated by 5 biomarkers: plasma citrulline, fecal myeloperoxidase and fecal neopterin, bacterially derived 16S rRNA gene and internal transcribed Spacer region (ITS) specific for Candida spp. in blood.Results:Compared with controls, children with SAM had lower median plasma citrulline (5.14 vs 27.4 μmol/L, P < 0.001), higher median fecal myeloperoxidase (18083 vs 7482 ng/mL, P = 0.001), and fecal neopterin (541 vs 210 nmol/L, P < 0.001). A higher blood concentration of 16S rRNA gene copy numbers was observed among children with SAM (95 vs 28 copies/μl, P = 0.05), whereas there was no difference in the blood concentration of Candida-specific ITS fragment.Among those with SAM, plasma citrulline was lower in children with edema, diarrhoea, dermatosis, and plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) >10 mg/L. Fecal neopterin was positively correlated with symptoms of fever and cough whereas it was negatively correlated with mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), weight-for-height z score (WHZ), edema, and dermatosis.Conclusions:Children with complicated SAM seem to have impaired gut function characterized by reduced enterocyte mass, intestinal inflammation, and increased bacterial translocation.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Volume	69
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	292-298
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0277-2116
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000002381
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2019

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Faculty of Science
16S rRNA gene
Citrulline
ITS fragment
Myeloperoxidase
Neopterin

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Lanyero, B., Grenov, B., Barungi, N. N., Namusoke, H., Michaelsen, K. F., Mupere, E., Mølgaard, C., Jiang, P., Frøkiær, H., Wiese, M., Muhammed, M. K., Pesu, H., Nielsen, D. S., Friis, H., Rytter, M. J. H., & Christensen, V. B. (2019). Correlates of gut function in children hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition, a cross-sectional study in Uganda. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 69(3), 292-298. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000002381

Correlates of gut function in children hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition, a cross-sectional study in Uganda. / Lanyero, Betty; Grenov, Benedikte; Barungi, Nicolette Nabukeera et al.
In: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Vol. 69, No. 3, 01.09.2019, p. 292-298.

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Lanyero, B, Grenov, B, Barungi, NN, Namusoke, H, Michaelsen, KF, Mupere, E, Mølgaard, C , Jiang, P , Frøkiær, H, Wiese, M, Muhammed, MK , Pesu, H , Nielsen, DS , Friis, H , Rytter, MJH & Christensen, VB 2019, 'Correlates of gut function in children hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition, a cross-sectional study in Uganda', Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 292-298. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000002381

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Correlates of gut function in children hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition, a cross-sectional study in Uganda

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