Review Article

The Molecular Epidemiology of Chronic Aflatoxin Driven Impaired Child Growth

Table 1

AF-albumin adducts concentration distribution from studies 1–4 on assessing growth and data from Canada and the USA. Data presented are the percentage within each study within one of the pg/mg concentration groups (modified from [21, 22, 95, 98]: [102104]; [120]).

AF-albumin distribution (pg/mg)
<5<25<50<100<200<500>500

CanadaAdults ( )100000000

USAAdults ( )100000000

Study 1Gambia6–9 years ( )8452813420

Study 2Benin and Togo<2 years ( )5581811620
<3 years ( )23127211142
>3 years ( )22438151461

Study 3GambiaMaternal ( )03035201250
Cord blood ( )544112200
Week 16 ( )89920000
Week 52 ( )7491611990

Study 4Benin and Togo16–38 months ( )23422181571
21–43 months ( )32925251261
24–46 months ( )116171822188