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Kyly C. Whitfield
Researcher at Mount Saint Vincent University
Publications - 49
Citations - 817
Kyly C. Whitfield is an academic researcher from Mount Saint Vincent University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Thiamine. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 46 publications receiving 554 citations. Previous affiliations of Kyly C. Whitfield include University of Guelph & Family Research Institute.
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Thiamine deficiency disorders: diagnosis, prevalence, and a roadmap for global control programs
Kyly C. Whitfield,Megan W. Bourassa,Bola Adamolekun,Gilles Bergeron,Lucien Bettendorff,Kenneth H. Brown,Lorna Cox,Aviva Fattal-Valevski,Philip R. Fischer,Elizabeth L. Frank,Laurent Hiffler,Lwin Mar Hlaing,Maria Elena Jefferds,Hallie Kapner,Sengchanh Kounnavong,Maral P. S. Mousavi,Daniel E Roth,Maria-Nefeli Tsaloglou,Frank T. Wieringa,Gerald F Combs +19 more
TL;DR: Urgent public health responses are warranted in high‐risk regions, considering the contribution of thiamine deficiency to infant mortality and research suggesting that even subclinical thiamines deficiency in childhood may have lifelong neurodevelopmental consequences.
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Genetic Hemoglobin Disorders Rather Than Iron Deficiency Are a Major Predictor of Hemoglobin Concentration in Women of Reproductive Age in Rural Prey Veng, Cambodia
Crystal D Karakochuk,Kyly C. Whitfield,Kyly C. Whitfield,Susan I. Barr,Yvonne Lamers,Yvonne Lamers,Angela M. Devlin,Suzanne M. Vercauteren,Hou Kroeun,Aminuzzaman Talukder,Judy McLean,Timothy J. Green,Timothy J. Green +12 more
TL;DR: Investigating factors associated with anemia in rural Cambodian women and the relations between hemoglobin disorders and other iron biomarkers found multiple biomarkers for anemia and iron deficiency were significantly influenced by the presence of hemoglobin Disorders, hence reducing their diagnostic sensitivity.
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Poor Thiamin and Riboflavin Status Is Common among Women of Childbearing Age in Rural and Urban Cambodia
Kyly C. Whitfield,Crystal D Karakochuk,Yazheng Liu,Adrian McCann,Aminuzzaman Talukder,Hou Kroeun,Mary Ward,Helene McNulty,Larry D. Lynd,David D. Kitts,Eunice C.Y. Li-Chan,Judy McLean,Timothy J. Green +12 more
TL;DR: Suboptimal status of both thiamin and riboflavin were common in Cambodian women, with substantially higher rates among women living in rural Prey Veng than in urban Phnom Penh, and the unexpected finding of high rib oflavin inadequacy status in Vancouver women warrants further investigation.
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High prevalence of thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency in early childhood among a nationally representative sample of Cambodian women of childbearing age and their children
Kyly C. Whitfield,Geoffry Smith,Chhoun Chamnan,Crystal D Karakochuk,Prak Sophonneary,Khov Kuong,Khov Kuong,Marjoleine A. Dijkhuizen,Rathavuth Hong,Jacques Berger,Timothy J. Green,Frank T. Wieringa +11 more
TL;DR: Based on eThDP from this nationally-representative sample, immediate action is required to address thiamine deficiency in Cambodia, and likely throughout Southeast Asia.
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Perinatal Consumption of Thiamine-Fortified Fish Sauce in Rural Cambodia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Kyly C. Whitfield,Crystal D Karakochuk,Hou Kroeun,Daniela Hampel,Ly Sokhoing,Benny B. Chan,Mam Borath,Prak Sophonneary,Judy McLean,Aminuzzaman Talukder,Larry D. Lynd,Eunice C.Y. Li-Chan,David D. Kitts,Lindsay H. Allen,Timothy J. Green +14 more
TL;DR: Women who consumed thiamine-fortified fish sauce through pregnancy and early lactation had higher eTDP and breast milkThiamine concentrations and their infants had higher ETDP, which was more pronounced in the high group.