Fecal calprotectin levels are higher in rural than in urban Chinese infants and negatively associated with growth

• Main Authors: Liu Jin-Rong (Author), Sheng Xiao-Yang (Author), Hu Yan-Qi (Author), Yu Xiao-Gang (Author), Westcott Jamie E (Author), Miller Leland V (Author), Krebs Nancy F (Author), Hambidge K (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Fecal calprotectin (FC) is an established simple biomarker of gut inflammation. To examine a possible relationship between linear growth and gut inflammation, we compared fecal calprotectin levels in 6 month old infants from poor rur...