Table 4.
Schedule of enrolment, interventions and assessments
| Study period | ||||||||
| Enrolment | Preintervention | Nutrition intervention | Postintervention assessment | Eligibility assessment for UGI endoscopy |
UGI endoscopy and biopsy | |||
| Timepoint | −T1 | 0 | Month 1 (T1) | Month 2 (T2) | Month 3 (T3) | Week 1 (T4) | Week 2 (T5) | Week 3 (T6) |
| Enrolment | X | |||||||
| Pre-enrolment survey | X | |||||||
| Eligibility screen | X | |||||||
| Informed consent | X | X | ||||||
| Interventions | ||||||||
| Stunted children | 
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| Children at risk of stunting | 
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| Malnourished adult |
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| Assessments | ||||||||
| SES, WASH, FFQ | X | X | ||||||
| Anthropometry* | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Blood biomarkers | X | X | ||||||
| Stool biomarkers and TAC | X | X | ||||||
| Microbiota | X | X | ||||||
| Urine L:R | X | X | ||||||
| Breath SIBO | X | X | ||||||
| UGI endoscopy and biopsy | X | X | ||||||
| Histopathology, IHC, morphometry | X | |||||||
*Anthropometry done fortnightly.
IHC, immunohistochemistry; L:R, lactulose/rhamnose; SIBO, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth; TAC, TaqMan Array Card; UGI, upper gastrointestinal; SES, socio-economic status; WASH, water-sanitation-hygiene; FFQ, food frequency questionnaire.